Reconfiguring health workforce: a case-based comparative study explaining the increasingly diverse professional roles in Europe

Table 5 Various roles in the three care pathways

Stage	Role	AMI	Breast cancer	Type 2 Diabetes
Diagnosis	Advanced nurse practitioner		x
	Breast clinician	x	x
	Cath Lab nurse	x
	Diabetologist			x
	Emergency cardiologist	x
	Emergency nurse	x
	Emergency physician	x
	Nephrologist			x
	Paramedic	x
	Pathologist		x
	Physician associate	x
	Radiographer		x
	Resuscitator	x
	Technician	x
	Triage nurse	x
Treatment	Advanced nurse practitioner		x
	Cath Lab nurse	x
	CCU cardiologist	x
	CCU nurse	x
	Documentation assistant	x
	Educationalist			x
	Health care assistant	x	x
	Hospital physician	x	x
	Intensive care nurse	x
	Intervention cardiologist	x
	Perfusionist	x
	Radiologist		x
	Radiology physicist		x
	Radiology technician	x
	Technical radiation assistant	x	x
	Ward nurse		x
Follow-up	Advanced nurse practitioner		x
	Breast care nurse		x
	Diabetes education nurse			X
	Dietician			X
	Documentation assistant	x
	Foot care technician			X
	Health care assistant	x
	Hemodynamics nurse	x
	Intensive care physician	x
	Nutrition specialist	x		X
	Ophthalmologist			X
	Consultant Palliative care		x
	Out-patient clinician	x
	Out-patient nurse	x	x
	Podiatrist			X
	Retinal screening nurse			X

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