A Tertiary-Care/Primary-Care Partnership Aimed at Improving Care for People with Eating Disorders.
Lea ThalerShiri FreiwaldChloe Paquin HodgeÉmilie FletcherDanaelle CottierEsther KahanErika RossiMyra PiatShalini LalMimi IsraelHoward SteigerPublished in: Community mental health journal (2018)
We describe the implementation and impact of a province-wide program of knowledge exchange (KE), aimed at developing capacity for the treatment of people with eating disorders (EDs). The program is designed to equip clinicians working in nonspecialized health-care installations with skills to evaluate and treat people with EDs. Trainings were conducted at 21 institutions. The majority of clinicians reported satisfaction with the KE program and indicated that the trainings enhanced their confidence and ability to treat patients with EDs. A subset of clinicians received case supervision with a specialist ED therapist and followed patients with EDs (n = 119). Treated patients showed significant improvements on eating and depressive symptoms, and reported satisfaction with the treatments they received.
Keyphrases
- quality improvement
- healthcare
- palliative care
- primary care
- depressive symptoms
- tertiary care
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- emergency department
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- physical activity
- weight loss
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- general practice
- patient reported
- medical students
- pain management