EFPC congres 2012 Gothenburg3 September 2012 - Antoinette de Bont – Marlies Maaijen

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Being organized.

The experiences of managers and care givers with organizational development on behalf of integrating care

AimTo contrast the perspectives of managers and care givers about how organizational knowledge and practices contribute to integrated care.  QuestionWhat are the differences in the assumptions of managers and caregivers about the contribution of organizational knowledge and practices to integrated care. And how do they overcome these differences?

Method

Definition of a case: a project of the national program Primary Focus

Number of cases: 4 completed, 6 in progress

Data collection: observations, interviews and document analysis

 

Dichotomy OD in order to integrate care

Organizational management models and tools

Day-to-day experiences with organizing and being organized

ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT MODELS & TOOLS

• Selection organizational knowledge • Search for the best interventions• The effects of organizational interventions are known

in advance

DAY TO DAY EXPERIENCE: BEING ORGANIZED

• Being organized according human nature drives organizational development:– Social hierarchies, norms, cultures– Acceptance of disturbances and stubbornness of

organizational development

(Fineman, S., Sims, D., & Gabriel, Y. 2010)

CHALLENGES OF THE DICHOTOMY

Between model and practice

Anticipate day-to-day dynamics

DICHOTOMY IN PRACTICE

From implicit and explicit knowledge to mix-plicit

From short term and long term to medium term.

From population and neighborhood to patients that can be managed

From short term and long term to medium term • Plan: to develop care paths and multidisciplinary care

protocols for pregnant women at risk proposing uniform, evidence based interventions.

• Practice: Phones or emails with other involved care givers or the client herself discussing the situation of the client from time to time.

• Crossing the dichotomy: Care paths and protocols are used to set deadlines in day to day care and set limits to patient, insurers and other care givers. Phones and emails were used to screen the situation of pregnant women.

From implicit and explicit knowledge to mix-plicit

• Plan: Risks in the life of elderly people living at home are detected by risk assessment lists and screenings items.

• Practice: Nurses have informal conversation with elderly at home and see the problems elderly face or will face

• Crossing the dichotomy: Risk assessment lists are used by care givers to create a multidisciplinary platform to discuss care for vulnerable people.

• Caregivers mention screenings item indirectly because it helps them to critically consider the situation of the elderly patient.

From population and neighborhood to patients that can be managed

• Plan: regional cards are discussed to decide upon the care facilities and evidence based care programs that are needed.

• Practice: Caregivers exchange network information and recommend successful interventions or colleagues in informal talks

• Crossing the dichotomy: From evidence based care and your best colleague to quick win interventions

ImplicationsDon’ts

Do not train caregivers into management models

Stop discussing the complexity of daily practice 

Do’s

Observe how caregivers cross the dichotomy between plan and practice and look at:

* Medium term* Mix-plicit* Quick wins

Conclusion

Use plans in different ways. - Formal plans are introduced in informal situations. - Informal tools are used to realize protocols

Policymakers and other change agents are inclined to think in the dichotomyPlans are not used as they should be used: caregivers can not leave in formal things behind. We need different concepts to overcome this dichotomy.