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Care Coordination: The Key to Improving Patient Outcomes

Relias

What is care coordination? Coordination of care is the process of organizing and integrating health care services for patients across care settings and providers. It can involve prenatal care, labor and delivery care, postpartum care, newborn care, family planning, and maternal and infant health services.

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Why Care Coordination Is Important for Home Health and Hospice Agencies

Relias

A well-designed care coordination process benefits patients, providers, and payer organizations. Improved care quality and patient safety, reduced readmissions and ER visits, and lower healthcare costs are just some of the positive outcomes of effective care coordination. Care coordination under HHVBP.

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Comprehensive Care for Seniors & People with Disabilities Training for Healthcare Personnel

American Medical Compliance

MSSP provides a range of support, including care coordination, health education, and access to essential services like transportation, meal delivery, and personal care assistance.

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Caring for Medically Complex Children Takes a Village

Nurse.com

In this model, nurses provide not only care but also coordination of care and can develop patient-focused care plans, which is necessary to keep everything running smoothly, according to Whitfield. Another nurse and I were the daytime care coordinators,” Whitfield said. Children’s hospitals in the U.S.

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Understanding FWA Compliance in Healthcare

American Medical Compliance

Furthermore, it prohibits knowingly submitting false or false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, or other federally funded healthcare programs. While EHRs offer numerous benefits, including improved documentation and care coordination, they also introduce complexities and potential vulnerabilities.

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Making Sense of the Maze of Online Patient Portals

Minority Nurse

Non-compliance results in hefty fines of up to $1 million per violation, as enforced by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG)​ ( Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services )​​. Our goals should be improved care coordination, emergency preparedness, effective information management, and enhanced patient engagement.

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Preventing hospital-acquired pressure injuries

American Nurse

A hospital in New York addressed its high HAPI rate by evaluating nurse knowledge and implementing an educational plan. GFH identified HAPI reduction as a priority because PIs staged at 2 or greater serve as nurse-sensitive indicators that affect a patient’s pain and suffering and outcomes and also impact payment for care.