Highlights
- •Care coordination is a critical strategy to promote patient safety and well-being.
- •Clinicians can initiate relationships with community agencies to develop referral guidelines.
- •Clinicians can create a referral network of specialists with whom the nurse practitioner is familiar.
- •Clinicians can strive toward a shared health record to transfer, communicate, and track health information.
- •Clinicians should be attuned to the care coordination process to assess the quality of care and optimize patient health outcomes.
Abstract
Patients with chronic conditions often encounter challenges during care transitions
to specialists or other facilities. The Care Coordination Model is a method of examining
care transitions that enables the multidisciplinary team to integrate collaboration
between clinical care areas, resulting in improved health care quality. Challenges
faced by the clinicians are identified, and strategies to address these issues are
described to foster a culture of safety and quality care.
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Biography
Hsiao-Hui Ju, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, CNE, is an assistant professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center Cizik School of Nursing, Houston, and can be contacted at [email protected]
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Published online: August 02, 2022
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In compliance with standard ethical guidelines, the author reports no relationships with business or industry that would pose a conflict of interest.
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