Care Coordination

Complete Definition

Care Coordination is the deliberate organization of patient care activities and information sharing among all participants concerned with a patient's care to achieve safer and more effective care delivery. In Health Cloud, Care Coordination features include care team management, task assignment and tracking, care plan workflows, referral management, and communication tools. Effective care coordination reduces duplicate testing, prevents care gaps, improves care transitions, and enhances patient outcomes, particularly for complex patients with chronic conditions.

Key Points

• 1Organizing care activities across providers
• 2Reduces duplicate testing and gaps
• 3Critical for chronic disease management
• 4Includes care teams, tasks, workflows
• 5Improves transitions and outcomes

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