Swedish agency for health technology assessment and assessment of social services (SBU) published a scientific study on a knowledge gap in coordinated planning for people with mental disabilities. The aim of our paper is to identify research relevant regarding coordinated individual plans (SIP) and individual plan (IP) for people with mental disabilities from both the patient's and professional perspectives and investigate the collaboration and knowledge of the professionals. Inclusion criteria was qualitive and quantitative studies with an aim to study coordinated individual plans for individuals with mental disabilities. Studies in English, Swedish and studies from Scandinavia were included. The searches were performed on the following databases: PubMed, APAPsycInfo, Academic search Elite, Cinahl Plus, MEDLINE, APA PsycArticles, APA PsycInfo, SocINDEX, Social Services Abstract, Swemed+, SwePub, Socialvetenskaplig tidsskrift.  Keywords for the searches were Samordnad individuell plan, Individual plan, Coordination, Mental disorders, Mental retard*, Mental disab*, Patient care management. Eight studies were included as reference material in our paper. A result of our studies of the publishing’s we found that Norway and Sweden have similar legislation for the SIP/IP process. Hence Sweden and Norway are included as subjects for study in this essay. Results was that professions within healthcare and social services both have a lack of knowledge of the SIP/IP process. Furthermore both countries act quite similar, however there is a difference in interpretation in different parts of the respective country in how the planning-process works. The most important results are that there is an extensive lack of knowledge in how the SIP/IP process works. Another result was that the SIP/IP process becomes personal. In Norway, it´s mandatory for a coordinator to be appointed, this is lacking in the Swedish legislation. Depending on which person becomes coordinator, the SIP/IP process is regarded differently and thus end sup different. The analysis showed that boundary spanners could work to enable good collaboration between organizations and thus simplify the SIP/IP process. At the same time, the SIP/IP process becomes vulnerable if the planning process is tied to one person. The analysis shows that a communication system, documentation template and a national approach could also facilitate a homogenous SIP/IP process.

Swedish agency for health technology assessment and assessment of social services (SBU) published a scientific study on a knowledge gap in coordinated planning for people with mental disabilities. The aim of our paper is to identify research relevant regarding coordinated individual plans (SIP) and individual plan (IP) for people with mental disabilities from both the patient's and professional perspectives and investigate the collaboration and knowledge of the professionals. Inclusion criteria was qualitive and quantitative studies with an aim to study coordinated individual plans for individuals with mental disabilities. Studies in English, Swedish and studies from Scandinavia were included. The searches were performed on the following databases: PubMed, APAPsycInfo, Academic search Elite, Cinahl Plus, MEDLINE, APA PsycArticles, APA PsycInfo, SocINDEX, Social Services Abstract, Swemed+, SwePub, Socialvetenskaplig tidsskrift. Keywords for the searches were Samordnad individuell plan, Individual plan, Coordination, Mental disorders, Mental retard*, Mental disab*, Patient care management. Eight studies were included as reference material in our paper.A result of our studies of the publishing’s we found that Norway and Sweden have similar legislation for the SIP/IP process. Hence Sweden and Norway are included as subjects for study in this essay. Results was that professions within healthcare and social services both have a lack of knowledge of the SIP/IP process. Furthermore both countries act quite similar, however there is a difference in interpretation in different parts of the respective country in how the planning-process works. The most important results are that there is an extensive lack of knowledge in how the SIP/IP process works. Another result was that the SIP/IP process becomes personal. In Norway, it´s mandatory for a coordinator to be appointed, this is lacking in the Swedish legislation. Depending on which person becomes coordinator, the SIP/IP process is regarded differently and thus end sup different. The analysis showed that boundary spanners could work to enable good collaboration between organizations and thus simplify the SIP/IP process. At the same time, the SIP/IP process becomes vulnerable if the planning process is tied to one person. The analysis shows that a communication system, documentation template and a national approach could also facilitate a homogenous SIP/IP process. / SBU identifierade 2013 en kunskapslucka gällande samordnade vårdplaner för personer med psykisk funktionsnedsättning. Denna kunskapslucka skapade en nyfikenhet om hur forskningen ser ut inom området. Syftet är att kartlägga forskningen gällnade samordnad individuell plan (SIP) och Individuell plan (IP) för personer med psykisk funktionsnedsättning utifrån både patientens och professionellas perspektiv samt kartlägga samverkan och kunskapen hos de professionella. Under arbetets gång framkom det att Norge hade liknande lagstiftning som Sverige med individuell plan (IP) varav även Norge inkluderades i uppsatsen. Inkluderade syfte ska innehålla samordnad individuell plan eller individuell plan. Metoden kan vara av med kvantitativ eller kvalitativ art. Populationen ska bestå av personer med psykisk funktionsnedsättning eller professionella inom socialtjänst och hälso- och sjukvård som arbetar med samordnad individuell plan med personer som har en psykisk funktionsnedsättning. Peer reviewed artiklar inkluderas. Språket ska vara svenska eller engelska. Artiklar som enbart hanterar somatisk sjukdom och samordnade individuella planer exkluderades. Rapporter, som ej är peer reviewed, från exempelvis SKR eller annan myndighet exkluderades. Artiklar som inte är skrivna på svenska eller engelska exkluderades. Sökningarna genomfördes i PubMed, APAPsycInfo, Academic search Elite, Cinahl Plus, MEDLINE, APA PsycArticles, APA PsycInfo, SocINDEX, Social Services Abstract, Swemed+, SwePub, Socialvetenskaplig tidsskrift. Följande nyckelord inkluderas i sökningen: Samordnad individuell plan, Individual plan, Coordination, Mental disorders, Mental retard*, Mental disab*, Patient care managment. Totalt 8 artiklar inkluderades i uppsatsen. Viktigaste resultaten är att det är omfattande kunskapsbrist i hur SIP/IP-processen går till. Det finns olika tolkningar i olika delar av länderna samt olika uppfattning inom hälso-och sjukvården och i socialtjänsten på hur SIP/IP ska gå till. Ett annat resultat var att SIP/IP-processen blir personbunden. I Norge är det lagstadgat att en koordinator ska utses, vilket saknas i svensk lagstiftning. Utifrån vilken person som blir en koordinator eller samordnare bli SIP/IP-processen olika. Analysen visade på att boundary spanners skulle kunna fungera för att möjliggöra god samverkan mellan organisationer och således förenkla SIP/IP-processen. Samtidigt blir SIP/IP-processen sårbar om planeringen är uppbunden på en person. Ett kommunikationssystem, dokumentationsmall och ett nationellt tillvägagångssätt skulle också kunna underlätta SIP/IP-processen visar analysen.Författarna föreslår ytterligare forskning på SIP/IP som en intervention. Diskussion förs i uppsatsen om en möjlighet till fritt val av kommunala insatser, likt det fria vårdvalet.

The aim of this study is to analyze and try to find out why the legislation of coordinatedindividual plan does not appear to be implemented as intended. This is studied with a focus onthe social services part of the coordination and with a focus on the parts of the social servicethat relate to addiction. This has been done by interviewing ten social workers from tendifferent municipalities. The theoretical framework consists of implementation theories.By using a qualitative content analysis on the material, eight different categories have beenidentified that also constitute the empirical part of the study. It shows that there is a differencebetween what and how much education the social workers have received and that it alsodiffers around the perception around whether they have sufficient knowledge. Most peopleexpress that the work with coordinated individual plan affects the workload but that it issomething that is prioritized either way and can make the work more efficient in the longerrun. All social workers are positively attuned to coordinated individual plans, but they stillfeel that improvements can be made. To explain the results of the study, it is discussed basedon different implementation theories.

The professionals active in the Swedish health and welfare system have in recent years become less holistic and more specialised in their professions. This has resulted in complications due to the complex nature of some cases they work on. The focus on expertise the individual professional possesses has a tendency to blind them of relevant aspects of the clients case outside their own field of expertise. Due to this there has been a noted tendency of clients” falling between the cracks” and not receiving the help they are entitled to. By performing a directed qualitative content analysis, the authors of this paper aim to investigate aspects of the interprofessional collaboration that either benefit or harm the work they do. To do this the authors of this paper analyse different evaluation reports made by Swedish municipalities and regions on their interprofessional collaborations through what is known as a coordinated individual plan, and compare these reports to previous research and also analyse these results with the aid of Domain theory. In this paper we discover that boundaries set up between professionals both benefit and harm the work that is done in Swedish welfare organisations. We also discover how the Swedish social works professional identity affect their relations with other organisations and professionals.