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"We need to bring them out from the shadows:" a qualitative study of safety net physician leaders' perspectives on caregivers.
The purpose of the study was to examine the perspectives of physician leaders on methods and priorities for interacting with patient caregivers. The researchers interviewed 15 primary care physicians from 3 California safety net systems, all of whom were in care management leadership, to evaluate their experiences managing complex patients with caregivers. Interview transcripts were analyzed using thematic analysis, and a research team approach was utilized to derive major themes. The themes included: challenges uncovering caregiver identities, engaging caregivers in patient care, recognizing variation in caregivers' roles, adapting visit communication strategies to include caregivers, and caring for the caregiver. The study concluded that health systems do not tend to recognize caregiver participation in patient care, must overcome language and literacy barriers when attempting to include caregivers in visit communications; all these issues create challenges when attempting to engage caregivers. The researchers advised that outcomes for patients could be improved if methods and processes were developed to identify and communicate with caregivers.
AHRQ-funded; HS027844; HS022408.
Citation: Semere W, Cemballi AG, Schillinger D .
"We need to bring them out from the shadows:" a qualitative study of safety net physician leaders' perspectives on caregivers.
Patient Educ Couns 2022 Jun;105(6):1663-70. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.10.019..
Keywords: Caregiving, Provider: Physician