Wednesday, 22 January 2020

Significance and Benefits of Care Coordination


Care coordination has the potential to enhance the effectiveness, safety, and performance of the American health care system. Care coordination approaches encompass teamwork, care management, medication management, patient-centered medical home. Well-designed care coordination that is delivered to the right people can result in great outcomes for patients and providers alike.

The benefits of care coordination programs in New York City are manifold:

Though care coordination benefits and models differ, the core of any approach is the same, which is to identify patients who are in dire need of more coordinated care and help in delivery of the necessary healthcare services sequenced in the most suitable order, at the right time, and in the proper place.

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Patient Benefits- The main objective of care coordination is to meet patients' needs and preferences in the delivery of high-grade, high-value health care. Some models of care coordination include a range of personalized services tailored to the needs of each patient that yields improved health outcomes and patient experiences. Patients also get to eliminate unnecessary appointments, procedures, tests, and costs associated with them since the care coordination team works directly with the patient’s healthcare team.

Provider Benefits- Continuous communication between the patient and provider is the main focus of care coordination that ensures access to proper information that informs progress or possible modifications that are required to be made to the patient’s treatment plan. Besides improved patient outcomes, continuous visibility into patient progress and extended care team visits are some added benefits.

Benefits for Employers- Employers should consider care coordination a prerequisite component of their health plan strategy, which can help maintain healthier and more productive workforces, improved cost savings, improved employee satisfaction and productivity.

The bottom line is care coordination- when done right- hugely improves the patient’s experience of care, health outcomes and reduce costs since improved communication between specialists and primary care physicians to maximize treatment plan effectiveness is the cornerstone of care coordination.

Harlem East Life Plan is a multi-faceted outpatient facility offering co-located services of addiction medicine, general medicine and Mental Health.

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