2023-10-05 12:43:59
According to a Drees study, a third of general practitioners, and more than half of those working in multi-professional healthcare centers, collaborate daily with nurses.
The collaboration of general practitioners with other health professionals has been encouraged by recent health policies and is reflected in particular by the development of practice in group practices or coordinated practice structures.
Self-employed general practitioners communicate more often with nurses than with other doctors regarding their patients : one in three exchange medical information with nurses every day or almost every day, two in three at least every week.
General practitioners often talk with other doctors: one in two exchanges at least every week with other general practitioners and as many with colleagues from other specialties.
Doctors practicing in groups collaborate more with the professions that share their place of practice. Collaboration with other professionals is even stronger when the doctors belong to a multi-professional health center.
Discussions with nurses regarding patients with chronic illness are common: 44% of general practitioners have them at least once a week. These exchanges are all the more frequent when doctors have a high volume of activity and when they practice in areas with a significant supply of nursing care.
More than a quarter of GPs have at least weekly interactions with their GP peers regarding their patients’ diagnoses or their care.
The most frequent collaborations between general practitioners and specialists concern the organization of patient appointments.
A third of general practitioners, and more than half of those working in multi-professional healthcare homes, collaborate daily with nurses, Drees, October 2023, n° 1282
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