DIMAC02

Date

2016-2018

Partners

Quebec Network on Nursing Intervention Research (RRISIQ)
Ministère de la santé et des services sociaux
Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean regional health authority (CIUSSS)
UQAC Foundation

Aim

The objectives were to evaluate the implementation of case management, by a nurse-social worker team, for patients with complex needs in family medicine groups (FMG) and to make recommendations for its wider deployment.

Publications

• Research report (french only)

• Analysis of the implementation of case management for frequent users of health services in a family medicine group in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (in French only)

Results

• This project led to relevant recommendations for the implementation of this model of care.

Team

Principal investigators

Catherine Hudon, Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke

Maud-Christine Chouinard, Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Université de Montréal

Co-investigators

Christiane Bergeron-Leclerc, Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Yves Couturier, Professor, School of Social Work, Université de Sherbrooke

Édith Ellefsen, Professor, School of Nursing, Université de Sherbrooke

Danielle Maltais, Professor, Department of Human and Social Sciences, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Danielle Poirier, Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Marie-Eve Poitras, Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke

Jérémie Beaudin, Master’s student, Health Sciences, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Research coordinator

Mireille Lambert, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean regional health authority

Decision makers and managers of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean regional health authority

Nadia Brassard, Regional Clinical Coordinator

Caroline Savard, Continuum of Care Coordinator

Myriam-Nicole Bilodeau, Chronic Disease Service Manager

Mélanie Paradis, Service Manager of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean FMGs

Cathay Turcotte, Service Manager of the Chicoutimi and Alma FMGs

Clinician

Julie Godbout, Nurse, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean regional health authority

Patient partner

Véronique Sabourin