TY - JOUR
KW - Interprofessional Relations
KW - Medical Informatics
KW - Patient Care Team
KW - Physician's Role
KW - Physicians, Family
KW - Primary Health Care/organization & administration/standards
KW - Quality of Health Care
KW - Referral and Consultation
KW - United States
AU - C. J. Stille
AU - A. Jerant
AU - D. Bell
AU - D. Meltzer
AU - J. G. Elmore
A1 - 
AB - Coordinated care is a defining principle of primary care, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to provide as the health care delivery system in the United States becomes more complex. To guide recommendations for research and practice, the evidence about implementation of coordinated care and its benefits must be considered. On the basis of review of the published literature this article makes recommendations concerning needs for a better-developed evidence base to substantiate the value of care coordination, generalist practices to be the hub of care coordination for most patients, improved communication among clinicians, a team approach to achieve coordination, integration of patients and families as partners, and incorporation of medical informatics. Although coordination of care is central to generalist practice, it requires far more effort than physicians alone can deliver. To make policy recommendations, further work is needed to identify essential elements of care coordination and prove its effectiveness at improving health outcomes.
BT - Annals of Internal Medicine
C5 - Education & Workforce; HIT & Telehealth; Healthcare Policy
CP - 8
CY - United States
IS - 8
JF - Annals of Internal Medicine
N2 - Coordinated care is a defining principle of primary care, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to provide as the health care delivery system in the United States becomes more complex. To guide recommendations for research and practice, the evidence about implementation of coordinated care and its benefits must be considered. On the basis of review of the published literature this article makes recommendations concerning needs for a better-developed evidence base to substantiate the value of care coordination, generalist practices to be the hub of care coordination for most patients, improved communication among clinicians, a team approach to achieve coordination, integration of patients and families as partners, and incorporation of medical informatics. Although coordination of care is central to generalist practice, it requires far more effort than physicians alone can deliver. To make policy recommendations, further work is needed to identify essential elements of care coordination and prove its effectiveness at improving health outcomes.
PP - United States
PY - 2005
SN - 1539-3704; 0003-4819
SP - 700
EP - 708
EP - 
T1 - Coordinating care across diseases, settings, and clinicians: A key role for the generalist in practice
T2 - Annals of Internal Medicine
TI - Coordinating care across diseases, settings, and clinicians: A key role for the generalist in practice
U1 - Education & Workforce; HIT & Telehealth; Healthcare Policy
U2 - 15838089
VL - 142
VO - 1539-3704; 0003-4819
Y1 - 2005
ER -