Improving coordination through information continuity

"The framework offers value to policy makers and practitioners as a map that identifies the multi-level elements of an integrated system capable of driving better coordination."

Improving coordination through information continuity: a framework for translational research
K Gardner, M Banfield, I McRae, J Gillespie, L Yen
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:590  doi:10.1186/s12913-014-0590-5

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Modelling factors in primary care quality improvement

"High-quality primary care, including aspects of access to and continuity of care, detection and management, appears to be associated with reducing coronary heart disease mortality."

Modelling factors in primary care quality improvement: a cross-sectional study of premature CHD mortality
K Honeyford, R Baker, MJG Bankart, D Jones
BMJ Open, 2013, 3:e003391

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Future hospital: caring for medical patients

"Future hospital: caring for medical patients focuses on the care of acutely ill medical patients, the organisation of medical services, and the role of physicians and doctors in training across the medical specialties in England and Wales."

Future hospital: caring for medical patients
Future Hospital Commission
September 2013

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Ensuring the continuity of health care services

"If a health care provider gets into financial difficulties, commissioners and Monitor must work together to make sure that patients continue to have access to services which are critical to patients and which no other provider may be close enough to or able to deliver."

Guidance for commissioners on ensuring the continuity of health care services: Designating commissioner requested services and location specific services
Monitor
March 2013

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Continuity of care for older hospital patients

"This exploratory paper draws attention to an overlooked but important topic: the contribution that continuity of care makes to the quality of care experienced in hospital by patients with multiple health problems aged 70 years and older, and also how it affects the experience of the people closest to them."

Continuity of care for older hospital patients: a call for action
J Cornwell, R Levenson, L Sonola, E Potellakhoff
The King's Fund
March 2012

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