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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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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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From Dream to Reality: Jolene Scatton’s Journey to a Fulfilling Nursing Career

Daily Nurse

“I became the first Stroke and Chest Pain Coordinator for LVH–Hazleton, a brand-new role for the hospital,” says Scatton. Returning to Her Roots When a patient care coordinator role became available on the fifth-floor medical-surgical telemetry unit, Scatton knew it was her calling. I started on the night shift,” says Scatton.

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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.

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Integrating nursing insights with patient safety outcomes

NRC Health

Nurses function as crucial connectors, ensuring seamless patient-care coordination. In the intricate landscape of healthcare, the pivotal role of nursing is often overlooked. Their responsibilities extend beyond caregiving, playing a vital role in streamlining patients’ journeys through the healthcare system.