Let the left hand know what the right is doing: a vision for care coordination and electronic health records.
Despite the potential for electronic health records to help providers coordinate care, the current marketplace has failed to provide adequate solutions. Using a simple framework, we describe a vision of information technology capabilities that could substantially improve four care coordination activities: identifying collaborators, contacting collaborators, collaborating, and monitoring. Collaborators can include any individual clinician, caregiver, or provider organization involved in care for a given patient. This vision can be used [...]
Author(s): Rudin, Robert S, Bates, David W
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001737