Adults in the United States are among the least likely to have a usual source of care compared to other high-income nations, a finding that Commonwealth Fund researchers say may signal the...
The Camden Coalition’s model for care management and care coordination may not have achieved its initial aims of reducing hospital readmissions, but the program was successful in improving...
Walmart Health has unveiled two new partnerships aimed and improving the patient experience, the first of which includes collaboration with Orlando Health set up to improve care coordination and...
When it comes to care coordination and social determinants of health interventions, patient engagement and activation are key, according to new data in JAMA Network Open.
The study, published by...
Rural healthcare organizations excel at addressing social determinants of health despite the barriers blocking patient care access, a new University of Missouri study found.
Overall, hospitals and...
Care coordination is something of a holy grail in chronic disease management.
Without it, patients can’t connect the various—and often disparate—aspects of their care and achieve better outcomes.
Care coordination...
A new poll from the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) shows that care coordination has become a second job for many patients, something AAPA experts said is becoming a major pitfall for...
Healthcare organizations nationwide are staring down competing priorities to increase care coordination for complex patients while staving off provider burnout for a dwindling workforce.
It can sometimes feel like those goals are mutually...
A Medicaid accountable care organization (ACO) was able to cut emergency department utilization and increase care coordination through patient navigator interaction, a study published in The American...
The SNF discharge process from inpatient care to recovery at home should be characterized by patient education, caregiver engagement, and follow-up from SNF staff, according to a new report from United...
As team-based care becomes more common in medical practice, healthcare organizations are considering how they invest in non-clinician personnel, like recruiting and hiring community health workers.
A community health worker is “a...
Patient data access continues to be an imperative, not only from a regulatory standpoint but also inasmuch as patient engagement is concerned.
But after years of lackluster use of patient portals, the medical industry continues its work...
Healthcare is more than what happens to a patient inside the four walls of a hospital or clinic; it’s what happens at home, the social services the patient does and does not access, and the...
For South Texas Physician’s Alliance, social determinants of health referral has been a learning experience.
The organization, which has joined providers across the country in efforts to address...
The vast majority of healthcare professionals agree that care coordination and provider collaboration results in higher quality care for patients with type 2 diabetes, but many providers face time as a...
A care coordination program designed to promote safe and effective hospital discharges is effective in lowering readmissions to nursing homes, resulting in better patient outcomes and higher quality...
The emergency department is an exceptionally important healthcare setting, giving patients a place to go when they are experiencing life-threatening and often frightening healthcare symptoms. But these...
Whether they are called patient navigators, advocates, coaches, or community health workers, non-clinical health workers are becoming increasingly important for patient engagement and care coordination.
About half of all healthcare...
As healthcare professionals work to meet the financial and care quality demands of value-based care models, they need to lean on practice transformation and patient engagement strategies to meet those...
Non-clinical laypeople make effective patient care navigators, offering a low-cost solution for offering care coordination services to aging cancer patients trying to access quality treatment,...