Provider Perspectives of Medication Complexity in Home Health Care: A Qualitative Secondary Data Analysis
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-7-2019
Abstract
A primary service provided by home care is medication management. Issues with medication management at home place older adults at high risk for hospital admission, readmission, and adverse events. This study sought to understand medication management challenges from the home care provider perspective. A qualitative secondary data analysis approach was used to analyze program evaluation interview data from an interprofessional educational intervention study designed to decrease medication complexity in older urban adults receiving home care. Directed and summative content analysis approaches were used to analyze data from 90 clinician and student participants. Medication safety issues along with provider–provider communication problems were central themes with medication complexity. Fragmented care coordination contributed to medication management complexity. Patient-, provider-, and system-level factors influencing medication complexity and management were identified as contributing to both communication and coordination challenges.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1077558719828942
Publication Information
Squires, Allison; Ridge, Laura; Miner, Sarah; McDonald, Margaret; Greenberg, Sherry A.; and Cortes, Tara (2019). "Provider Perspectives of Medication Complexity in Home Health Care: A Qualitative Secondary Data Analysis." Medical Care Research and Review .
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