"It's Really Overwhelming": Patient Perspectives on Care Coordination

Conclusions:
Patients with multiple health care providers identified significant barriers to communication among providers and inadequate support with care coordination activities. Expansion of team-based models of primary care and prioritizing interoperable technology for sharing patient health information between providers will be critical to improving the patient experience and the safety of transitions of care.

Source: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine - September 10, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: Chang, L., Wanner, K. J., Kovalsky, D., Smith, K. L., Rhodes, K. V. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research