Abstract

Academic medical practices serve a valuable role in caring for patients with complex needs and training future internists in the many biopsychosocial components of patient care. Patients with complex needs related to medical complexity, psychosocial factors, communication barriers, and utilization of health-care resources frequently require a great deal of resident time and effort. Patient complexity can be defined as “a dynamic state in which the personal, social, and clinical aspects of the patient’s experience operate as complicating factors” [1]. This chapter will examine contributors to the challenge of caring for complex patients and propose practical solutions and a framework for the successful management of these patients within resident-inclusive practices.

 

Citation

Epstein, J.A., Ochoa-Frongia, L. (2023). Management of Patients with Complex Needs. In: Lu, L.B., Fortuna, R.J., Noronha, C.F., Sobel, H.G., Tobin, D.G. (eds) Leading an Academic Medical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40273-9_27