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- Care coordination is a patient- and family-centered, team-based activity designed to assess and meet the needs of patients, while helping them navigate effectively and efficiently through the health care system.
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Care coordination is a patient- and family-centered, team-based activity designed to assess and meet the needs of patients, while helping them navigate effectively and efficiently through the health care system.
Jan 1, 2018 · Care coordination synchronizes the delivery of a patient’s health care from multiple providers and specialists. The goals of coordinated care are to improve health outcomes by ensuring that...
- Nejm Catalyst
- 2018
Defining key terms: Care Coordination: The organization of a patient’s care across multiple health care providers. ( Healthcare.gov) Fragmented Care: When health care providers don’t communicate effectively with each other around a patient’s care, resulting in – for example – repeated lab tests, drugs that don’t work when you take ...
We define care coordination as the deliberate organization of patient care activities between two or more participants (including the patient) involved in a patient's care to facilitate the appropriate delivery of health care services. Organizing care involves the marshalling of personnel and other resources needed to carry out all required ...
- Kathryn M McDonald, Vandana Sundaram, Dena M Bravata, Robyn Lewis, Nancy Lin, Sally A Kraft, Moira M...
- 2007/06
- 2007
Care coordination is now being highlighted by hospitals, health systems, and insurers as a key tool in improving patient health and satisfaction and controlling healthcare costs. Registered nurses’ contributions to care coordination have long been a core professional standard and competency for RNs.
Aug 27, 2014 · Abstract. Introduction. Care coordination is a high-priority area for improvement across healthcare systems, but no consensus definition of care coordination exists. Methods. This article reviews published definitions of the term “care coordination,” identifies common themes among them, and presents a broad working definition of care coordination.