Shared care planning is the process of facilitating communication between patients and clinicians to support long term health care. Shared care planning is central to the NSW Integrated Care team's mission to provide better connected, patient centred care.
What is a shared care plan?
A shared care plan is a patient-centred health record that can be shared by many members of a care team, including the patient and their carers. Shared care plans help to improve relationships, understanding and efficiency. They are especially useful for patients with chronic illnesses/conditions, whose health coordination might be particularly complicated.
Share care plans support several important health outcomes including:
communication between patients and their health team(s)
coordination between health providers
increased transparency
patient self-management
patient engagement
goal setting
provision of timely information
quality of care
shared decision making.
NSW Health and eHealth NSW are working in partnership with key stakeholders to progress to a system wide approach to shared care planning for NSW. The Preliminary Design Workgroup will commence as soon as the Expression of Interest (EOI) process for participant nominations are completed.