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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A qualitative analysis of information sharing for children with medical complexity within and across health care organizations

"Information exchange is critically important in high quality care of complex patients at high risk for poor care coordination. Written care plans for children with medical complexity are an excellent test case for how well information sharing is currently occurring. The purpose of this study was to identify the barriers to and facilitators of information sharing for CMC across providers, care settings, and families."

A qualitative analysis of information sharing for children with medical complexity within and across health care organizations
L Quigley, A Lacombe-Duncan, S Adams, C Moore Hepburn, E Cohen
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:283

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NHS England's commitment for carers

"Carers are a hugely important asset to the NHS as well as to the people for whom they provide care for. This document sets out a series of commitments that NHS England will do to support carers, reflecting what NHS England has heard from carers during a number of engagement events."

NHS England's commitment for carers

NHS England

April 2014

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