“It’s Like a One-Stop-Shop”: A Qualitative Study Exploring Patient Experiences With Interdisciplinary Team–Based Rheumatology Care
Patients valued interdisciplinary team-based rheumatology care for improving care access and delivering integrated, convenient, comprehensive care that holistically addressed their needs. These results support wider implementation.
Authors
- Celia Laur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4555-1407)
- Jessica Widdifield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7464-0460)
- Zeenat Ladak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8904-3186)
- Catherine Hofstetter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8749-6613)
- Lauren K. King (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4721-5696)
- Daphne To (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6700-3383)
- Laura Oliva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6014-7555)
- Carter Thorne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1721-190X)
- C G Barnes
- Gabrielle Sraka
Institutions
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- Employment and Social Development Canada (CA)
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- Arthritis Foundation (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CA)
- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (CA)
- Brampton Civic Hospital (CA)
- Women's College Hospital (CA)
- Thorneloe University (CA)
- Barrie Urology Group (CA)
- NIHR Oxford Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (CA)
- Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CA)
- Arthritis Research Centre of Canada (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Rheumatology
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2025-0768
- Primary Topic
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Arthritis Society
- University of Toronto
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research