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Communication

Does the Synergy Model Implementation Improve the Transition from In-Hospital to Primary Care? The Experience from an Italian Cardiac Surgery Unit, Perspectives, and Future Implications

by
Federica Dellafiore
1,
Rosario Caruso
2,3,
Tiziana Nania
2,*,
Francesco Pittella
2,
Tiziana Fiorini
2,
Maria Paola Caruso
2,
Giovanni Zaffino
2,
Alessandro Stievano
4 and
Cristina Arrigoni
1
1
Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, Section of Hygiene, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
2
Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Italy
3
Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy
4
Centre of Excellence for Nursing Scholarship, OPI, 00192 Rome, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(9), 5624; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095624
Submission received: 16 March 2022 / Revised: 29 April 2022 / Accepted: 1 May 2022 / Published: 5 May 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Community-Nurse Partnership for Health Promotion)
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Abstract

The demand for care services in the healthcare system has changed and is triggering a smooth transition from in-hospital to primary care. In this regard, patient-centered-care models of care delivery might provide a framework to follow patients’ journeys throughout their transition between different levels of care. Accordingly, an Italian research group at a cardiac hospital in Northern Italy implemented the Synergy Model in a Cardiac Surgery Unit, a patient-centered-care model, and is using the framework of the model to guide a smooth transition of patients towards rehabilitation and primary care after their hospitalization. This discursive paper is focused on the experience, perspectives, and future implications of adopting the Synergy Model to facilitate the transition from in-hospital to primary care. The presented experience and discussion might be helpful to the international debate regarding the strategies to boost a smooth transition from in-hospital to primary care.
Keywords: care; discursive paper; organizational; patient-centered model; primary care; healthcare system; Synergy Model care; discursive paper; organizational; patient-centered model; primary care; healthcare system; Synergy Model

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Dellafiore, F.; Caruso, R.; Nania, T.; Pittella, F.; Fiorini, T.; Caruso, M.P.; Zaffino, G.; Stievano, A.; Arrigoni, C. Does the Synergy Model Implementation Improve the Transition from In-Hospital to Primary Care? The Experience from an Italian Cardiac Surgery Unit, Perspectives, and Future Implications. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 5624. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095624

AMA Style

Dellafiore F, Caruso R, Nania T, Pittella F, Fiorini T, Caruso MP, Zaffino G, Stievano A, Arrigoni C. Does the Synergy Model Implementation Improve the Transition from In-Hospital to Primary Care? The Experience from an Italian Cardiac Surgery Unit, Perspectives, and Future Implications. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(9):5624. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095624

Chicago/Turabian Style

Dellafiore, Federica, Rosario Caruso, Tiziana Nania, Francesco Pittella, Tiziana Fiorini, Maria Paola Caruso, Giovanni Zaffino, Alessandro Stievano, and Cristina Arrigoni. 2022. "Does the Synergy Model Implementation Improve the Transition from In-Hospital to Primary Care? The Experience from an Italian Cardiac Surgery Unit, Perspectives, and Future Implications" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 9: 5624. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095624

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Dellafiore, F., Caruso, R., Nania, T., Pittella, F., Fiorini, T., Caruso, M. P., Zaffino, G., Stievano, A., & Arrigoni, C. (2022). Does the Synergy Model Implementation Improve the Transition from In-Hospital to Primary Care? The Experience from an Italian Cardiac Surgery Unit, Perspectives, and Future Implications. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(9), 5624. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095624

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