title: Collaborative care: a professional practice model.
abstract: Healthcare economics has caused dramatic changes in resource assessment, utilization, and reorganization in hospitals. To address the mismatch between demand and resources and to ensure quality at the bedside, staff members at a 354-bed acute care facility designed and implemented the Collaborative Care Model (CCM). The authors describe this theory-based, collaborative, multidisciplinary professional practice model.
authors.affiliation: Trinity Mother Frances Health System, Tyler, TX, USA. lakem@trimofran.org
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lake
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Keeling
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Olade
mesh_terms: D003253:Consultants; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011364:Professional Practice; D013781:Texas