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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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Systems of communication in school?nurse led care coordination: A concept analysis

Nursing Forum

Abstract Aim To analyze the concept of systems of communication in school nurse-led care coordination to develop an operational definition that will inform intervention development. Background Communication has been identified as an essential attribute in care coordination.

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Reducing SSIs: 3 key interventions every nurse should know

Health Leaders | Nursing

Pillar: CNO Link: Full story Article Source: AORN Tags: care coordination evidence-based nurses nursing patient safety Secondary Pillars: CNO Article Type: News Published Date: Thursday, August 22, 2024 Hide sidebars: Render small main image:

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Selecting Staffing Models: How CNOs Can Nurture Patients and Nurses

Health Leaders | Nursing

"Care continuity models aim to maintain consistent nurse-patient relationships across care transitions and settings," Tilton said. These models may involve assigning care coordinators or a primary nurse to patients throughout their healthcare journey." The last innovative staffing model is telehealth nursing.

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How Mount Sinai is Leveraging Technology to Expand Virtual Nursing

Health Leaders | Nursing

Mount Sinai is using several pieces of technology to improve care coordination. The idea is that virtual nursing will expand to improve patient care overall, Lunt explained. "So So that care coordination piece, I think will become favorable for a lot of different disciplines," Lunt said, "not just virtual nursing."

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The Relentless School Nurse: School Nurses and School-Based Health Centers Can Work Together!

The Relentless School Nurse

The role of school nurses is critical in providing care coordination and ensuring the effective delivery of healthcare services within the school setting.