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A systematic review of care coordination programs by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality synthesized over 40 definitions to define care coordination as: “the deliberate organization of patient care activities between two or more participants (including the patient) involved in a patient’s care to facilitate the appropriate delivery of health care services” (McDonald et al. 2014, p. 6). The goal of geriatric care coordination is to help older adults and their families understand and navigate complex systems; facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration; create meaningful, patient-centered care plans; and monitor progress towards health goals.
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The aging U.S. population has an increasing number of chronic health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease (Sambamoorthi et al. 2016). Older adults also experience a variety of...
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Rosenberg, W., Vail, M., Ewald, B. (2021). Care Coordination. In: Gu, D., Dupre, M.E. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22009-9_286
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