Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Hartveit, Miriam"
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Bridging the Gap between Primary Care and Specialized Mental Health Care. A mixed method study of the quality of referral information and the referral letters’ potential impact on quality of care
Hartveit, Miriam (Doctoral thesis, 2016-06-22)Background. A major cause of adverse events in health care is insufficient information transference between health professionals. Despite the cardinal role of referral letters as the means of communication between primary ... -
The consultants' role in the referring process with general practitioners: partners or adjudicators? a qualitative study
Thorsen, Olav; Hartveit, Miriam; Bærheim, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-10-11)Background: Within the health system, communication between the different levels of care is essential for the patients’ clinical pathways and medical treatment. This includes the referral process: how and why patients are ... -
Defining when specialised mental health care is needed: A focus group study
Nymoen, Marit; Biringer, Eva Aaker; Helgeland, Jostein; Hellesen, Harald Bjarne; Sande, Liv Alsaker; Hartveit, Miriam (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Shared understanding between GPs and hospital specialists concerning when patients need specialised mental health care is important to ensure patients receive appropriate care. The large amount of rejected ... -
The Effect of Intensive Implementation Support on Fidelity for Four Evidence‑Based Psychosis Treatments: A Cluster Randomized Trial
Ruud, Torleif; Drake, Robert E.; Saltyte Benth, Jurate; Drivenes, Karin; Hartveit, Miriam; Heiervang, Kristin Sverdvik; Høifødt, Tordis Sørensen; Haaland, Vegard Øksendal; Joa, Inge; Johannessen, Jan Olav; Johansen, Karl Johan; Stensrud, Bjørn; Haugom, Espen Woldsengen; Clausen, Hanne Kristin; Biringer, Eva Aaker; Bond, Gary R. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Purpose Service providers need effective strategies to implement evidence-based practices (EBPs) with high fidelity. This study aimed to evaluate an intensive implementation support strategy to increase fidelity to EBP ... -
General practitioners’ reflections on referring: An asymmetric or non-dialogical process?
Thorsen, Olav; Hartveit, Miriam; Bærheim, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)Objective. Identify and describe general practitioners’ (GPs’) reflections on and attitudes to the referral process and cooperation with hospital specialists. Design. Qualitative study using semi-structured focus-group ... -
Measuring implementation: development of the implementation process assessment tool (IPAT)
Hartveit, Miriam; Hovlid, Einar; Nordin, Håkan; Øvretveit, John; Bond, Gary R.; Biringer, Eva Aaker; Assmus, Jörg; Mariniusson, Gerd Haugen; Ruud, Torleif (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-21)Background Implementation science comprises a large set of theories suggesting interacting factors at different organisational levels. Development of literature syntheses and frameworks for implementation have contributed ... -
Recommended content of referral letters from general practitioners to specialised mental health care: a qualitative multi-perspective study
Hartveit, Miriam; Thorsen, Olav; Biringer, Eva; Vanhaecht, Kris; Carlsen, Benedicte; Aslaksen, Aslak (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-08-19)Background: In most Western countries, the referral letter forms the basis for establishing the priority of patients for specialised health care and for the coordination of care between the services. To be able to define ... -
"Som man roper i skogen får man svar" En case-studie om BrukerPlans egnethet for å kartlegge befolkningens behov for rusbehandling og –omsorg
Hartveit, Miriam (Master thesis, 2008) -
Typologies in GPs’ referral practice
Thorsen, Olav; Hartveit, Miriam; Johannessen, Jan Olav; Fosse, Lars; Eide, Geir Egil; Schulz, Jörn; Bærheim, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-07-18)Background: GPs’ individual decisions to refer and the various ways of working when they refer are important determinants of secondary care use. The objective of this study was to explore and describe potential characteristics ... -
The Western Norway mental health interface study: a controlled intervention trial on referral letters between Primary Care and Specialist Mental Health Care
Hartveit, Miriam; Biringer, Eva; Vanhaeht, Kris; Haug, Kjell; Aslaksen, Aslak (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-11-14)Background: Referral letters are the main communication means between Primary and Specialised Mental Health Care. However, studies of referral letters reveal that they lack important information, and how this lack of ...