title: Coordination of care between health and education systems for patients with a hematologic or oncologic diagnosis: a time study analysis.
abstract: Given the increasing emphasis on care coordination between healthcare and schools, hospital-school liaison services are increasing in demand. Limited research examines hospital-school liaison programs that focus on educational journeys of school-age patients with a chronic illness. Thus, this initiative aimed to determine the time needed to support the educational needs of these patients. Liaisons tracked time spent per patient, and per specific task category, to support school-age patients (N=419) using work-sampling and time-and-motion methods. Findings may be useful for hospital-based programs seeking to establish or increase staff dedicated to the coordination of care between school and healthcare systems.
authors.affiliation: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio. Electronic address: marykay.irwin@cchmc.org.
authors.forename: Mary Kay
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Irwin
authors.affiliation: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio. Electronic address: megan.elam1@cchmc.org.
authors.forename: Megan P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Elam
authors.affiliation: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio.
authors.forename: Ashley L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Merianos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D014481:United States
keywords: Chronic illness; Chronic medical conditions; Hospital–School liaison; School advocacy; School intervention; School reentry; Time study