Continuity of care from the hospital: interdisciplinarity and devices for integrality in health care networks

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study is to analyze the scientific production on the continuity and comprehensiveness of care, identifying devices used for this construction starting from the hospital. This research is an integrative review carried out in June and July 2021. Thus, PubMed/Medline, Lilacs, BDENF, and Lis databases were used for the selection of articles. Thirty-six articles were analyzed. Three categories emerged from the analysis: Health care and comprehensiveness within the hospital; The linkage and connections in the continuity of care; Health care networks in the Unified Health System and continuity of care. The analysis allowed identifying strategies/tools on the organization of work in the micropolitical dimension of health care production. The main devices found were: safe discharge, bed races, clinic management, case discussion, care lines, liaison nurses, regulatory complexes, continuing education, and multidisciplinarity. It was concluded that, although some studies are related to a practice in the still fragmented health care network, the mentioned devices constitute advances towards a model of care based on lines of care within and outside the hospital seeking articulation with the health care network.

KEYWORDS
Integrality in health; Continuity of patient care; Patient care team; Universal health care; Community health services