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The Impact of COVID-19 on Primary Care Teamwork: a Qualitative Study in Two States

BACKGROUND: The emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disrupted how primary care physicians (PCPs) and their staff delivered team-based care. OBJECTIVE: To explore PCPs’ perspectives about the impact of stay-at-home orders and the increased use of telemedicine on interactions and working...

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Autores principales: DePuccio, Matthew J., Sullivan, Erin E., Breton, Mylaine, McKinstry, Danielle, Gaughan, Alice A., McAlearney, Ann Scheck
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9002024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35412178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-022-07559-5
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author DePuccio, Matthew J.
Sullivan, Erin E.
Breton, Mylaine
McKinstry, Danielle
Gaughan, Alice A.
McAlearney, Ann Scheck
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Sullivan, Erin E.
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Gaughan, Alice A.
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description BACKGROUND: The emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disrupted how primary care physicians (PCPs) and their staff delivered team-based care. OBJECTIVE: To explore PCPs’ perspectives about the impact of stay-at-home orders and the increased use of telemedicine on interactions and working relationships with their practice staff during the first 9 months of the pandemic. DESIGN: Qualitative research. PARTICIPANTS: Participants included PCPs from family and community medicine, general internal medicine, and pediatrics. APPROACH: One-on-one, semi-structured video interviews with 42 PCPs were conducted between July and December 2020. Physicians were recruited from 30 primary care practices in Massachusetts and Ohio using a combination of purposeful, convenience, and snowball sampling. Interview questions focused on work changes and work relationships with other staff members during the pandemic as well as their experiences delivering telemedicine. All interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and coded using deductive and inductive approaches. KEY RESULTS: Across respondents and states, the context of the pandemic was reported to have four major impacts on primary care teamwork: (1) staff members’ roles were repurposed to support telemedicine; (2) PCPs felt disconnected from staff; (3) PCPs had difficulty communicating with staff; and (4) many PCPs were demoralized during the pandemic. CONCLUSIONS: The lack of in-person contact, and less synchronous communication, negatively impacted PCP-staff teamwork and morale during the pandemic. These challenges further highlight the importance for practice leaders to recognize and attend to clinicians’ relational and work-related needs as the pandemic continues. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11606-022-07559-5.
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spelling pubmed-90020242022-04-12 The Impact of COVID-19 on Primary Care Teamwork: a Qualitative Study in Two States DePuccio, Matthew J. Sullivan, Erin E. Breton, Mylaine McKinstry, Danielle Gaughan, Alice A. McAlearney, Ann Scheck J Gen Intern Med Original Research: Qualitative Research BACKGROUND: The emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disrupted how primary care physicians (PCPs) and their staff delivered team-based care. OBJECTIVE: To explore PCPs’ perspectives about the impact of stay-at-home orders and the increased use of telemedicine on interactions and working relationships with their practice staff during the first 9 months of the pandemic. DESIGN: Qualitative research. PARTICIPANTS: Participants included PCPs from family and community medicine, general internal medicine, and pediatrics. APPROACH: One-on-one, semi-structured video interviews with 42 PCPs were conducted between July and December 2020. Physicians were recruited from 30 primary care practices in Massachusetts and Ohio using a combination of purposeful, convenience, and snowball sampling. Interview questions focused on work changes and work relationships with other staff members during the pandemic as well as their experiences delivering telemedicine. All interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and coded using deductive and inductive approaches. KEY RESULTS: Across respondents and states, the context of the pandemic was reported to have four major impacts on primary care teamwork: (1) staff members’ roles were repurposed to support telemedicine; (2) PCPs felt disconnected from staff; (3) PCPs had difficulty communicating with staff; and (4) many PCPs were demoralized during the pandemic. CONCLUSIONS: The lack of in-person contact, and less synchronous communication, negatively impacted PCP-staff teamwork and morale during the pandemic. These challenges further highlight the importance for practice leaders to recognize and attend to clinicians’ relational and work-related needs as the pandemic continues. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11606-022-07559-5. Springer International Publishing 2022-04-11 2022-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9002024/ /pubmed/35412178 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-022-07559-5 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Society of General Internal Medicine 2022
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Breton, Mylaine
McKinstry, Danielle
Gaughan, Alice A.
McAlearney, Ann Scheck
The Impact of COVID-19 on Primary Care Teamwork: a Qualitative Study in Two States
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title_short The Impact of COVID-19 on Primary Care Teamwork: a Qualitative Study in Two States
title_sort impact of covid-19 on primary care teamwork: a qualitative study in two states
topic Original Research: Qualitative Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9002024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35412178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-022-07559-5
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