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Vol 43 No. 3 - Managing Complex Patients in Family Medicine Settings
Using the SBAR4 model for Management of a Patient with Complex Comorbidities in the Home Care setting – A Case Study
The Singapore Family Physician
Vol 43
No 3
- Managing Complex Patients in Family Medicine Settings
26
- 30
1 July 2017
0377-5305
This home care case illustrates how the SBAR4 model can be used for a complex patient during a transitional care period to define the active problems at hand and the conditions needed to ensure successful outcomes of the management plans. Two home visits are described in this article: first, a home visit done after multiple hospital admissions for fluid overload and congestive cardiac failure; and second, a subsequent visit done after a fall with a resultant clavicle fracture impacting patient’s function and self-care abilities