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Data sharing between home care professionals: a feasibility study using the RAI Home Care instrument

Abstract

BackgroundAcross Ontario, home care professionals collect standardized information on each client using the Resident Assessment for Home Care (RAI-HC). However, this information is not consistently shared with those professionals who provide services in the client’s home. In this pilot study, we examined the feasibility of sharing data, from the RAI-HC, between care coordinators and service providers.MethodsAll participants were involved in a …

Authors

Guthrie DM; Pitman R; Fletcher PC; Hirdes JP; Stolee P; Poss JW; Papaioannou A; Berg K; Ezekiel HJ

Journal

BMC Geriatrics, Vol. 14, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

December 2014

DOI

10.1186/1471-2318-14-81

ISSN

1471-2318