Care Coordination
Care coordination is the deliberate organization of patient care activities and information sharing among all providers involved in a patient's care to ensure safer and more effective treatment.
Definition
Care coordination is the deliberate organization of patient care activities and information sharing among all providers involved in a patient's care to ensure safer and more effective treatment.
In-Depth
What You Need to Know
Effective care coordination ensures that the right patient gets the right care at the right time. It involves establishing accountability, facilitating communication between providers, managing transitions of care (hospital to home, primary care to specialist), reconciling medications, sharing medical records, and tracking referrals and follow-ups. Poor coordination is a leading cause of medical errors, unnecessary hospitalizations, and duplicated tests. Many practices employ care coordinators or case managers to manage complex patients with multiple chronic conditions, recent hospitalizations, or complicated medication regimens.
Calls & Questions
What Patients Ask
Common phone questions about care coordination — and how Front Desk handles scheduling and call routing automatically.
Common Patient Questions
- 1How do my doctors communicate with each other?
- 2Can you send my records to my specialist?
- 3Who coordinates my care between visits?
- 4How do I know what to do after a hospital stay?
How Front Desk Helps Your Practice
Front Desk facilitates records transfers between providers, schedules follow-up appointments after specialist visits or hospitalizations, ensures referral loops are closed, and connects patients with care coordinators.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about care coordination.
Care coordination is the deliberate organization of patient care activities and information sharing among all providers involved in a patient's care to ensure safer and more effective treatment. Effective care coordination ensures that the right patient gets the right care at the right time. It involves establishing accountability, facilitating communication between providers, managing transitions of care (hospital to home, primary care to specialist), reconciling medications, sharing medical records, and tracking referrals and follow-ups.
Your medical provider can answer this during your appointment. Front Desk facilitates records transfers between providers, schedules follow-up appointments after specialist visits or hospitalizations, ensures referral loops are closed, and connects patients with care coordinators.
Your medical provider can answer this during your appointment. Front Desk facilitates records transfers between providers, schedules follow-up appointments after specialist visits or hospitalizations, ensures referral loops are closed, and connects patients with care coordinators.
Your medical provider can answer this during your appointment. Front Desk facilitates records transfers between providers, schedules follow-up appointments after specialist visits or hospitalizations, ensures referral loops are closed, and connects patients with care coordinators.
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