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Care coordination, broadly defined as the set of activities which improve safety and continuity of care for patients and populations, continues to present numerous challenges. This panel will present examples of information tools for care coordination. We will also discuss electronic health record (EHR)-based care coordination measures, which will be imperative in order to develop a learning health system approach to care coordination. We will describe practical systems that handle a wide range of care coordination activities at a local, regional and national scale. We will discuss the challenges of meeting clinical needs with current electronic tools and how to optimize them.

Describe the new knowledge and additional skills the participant will gain after attending your presentation.: Objectives of the panel will include

1) Learners will be able to define care coordination activities as specified by AHRQ’s Care Coordination Measurement Framework, as well as cite examples of currently operational tools.
2) Learners will be able to describe EHR-based care coordination measures that are feasible to implement in commonly used commercial EHRs.
3) Learners will be aware of international variation in care coordination processes and how informatics solutions need to be adaptable to such variations.
4) Learners will formulate an approach to advancing care coordination by balancing new workflows and tools with current clinical constraints.

Authors:

Lipika Samal (Presenter)
Harvard Medical School

Allison McCoy (Presenter)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Jonathan Teich (Presenter)
InterSystems

David Dorr (Presenter)
Oregon Health & Sciences University

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