title: [Multimorbidity and primary care: Emergence of new forms of network organization].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was designed to analyse the adaptive strategies used by primary care professionals to provide more adapted and continuous services to patients with more than one chronic disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative case study was conducted in a primary care structure (GMF in Québec). Data were derived from two sources: semi-structured interviews and documents. Based on our thematic analysis of data, we illustrate the adaptive processes at play.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our analysis identified the challenges raised by the increased prevalence of patients with more than one chronic disease and how they influence adaptive strategic initiatives from professionals at the following levels: (1) the patients themselves, (2) the professional-patient relationship, (3) the relationships between professionals of the GMF (4) the relationships between the GMF and other healthcare organizations. The description of these phenomena illustrates the dynamic emergence ofa network form of organization.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This phenomenon leads to transformation of the core of the healthcare production system. A deeper understanding of its emergence, impacts and management is necessary.
authors.forename: Lise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lamothe
authors.forename: Chantal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sylvain
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sit
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D015897:Comorbidity; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011792:Quebec / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires