Care Coordination Measures Atlas

Care Coordination Measures Atlas

The health care community is struggling to determine how to measure the extent to which care coordination activities are being implemented. AHRQ’s new Care Coordination Measures Atlas lists existing measures of care coordination, with a focus on ambulatory care, and presents a framework for understanding care coordination measurement. The Atlas is useful for evaluators of projects aimed at improving care coordination and for quality improvement practitioners and researchers studying care coordination.

Prepared by: Kathryn M. McDonald, M.M.1; Ellen Schultz, M.S.1; Lauren Albin, B.A.1; Noelle Pineda, B.A.1; Julia Lonhart, B.S., B.A.1; Vandana Sundaram, M.P.H.1, 3; Crystal Smith-Spangler, M.D., M.S.1, 3; Jennifer Brustrom, Ph.D.2, Elizabeth Malcolm, M.D., M.S.H.S.4


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The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its content, and do not necessarily represent the views of AHRQ. No statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The information in this report is intended to help clinicians, employers, policymakers, and others make informed decisions about the provision of health care services. This report is intended as a reference and not as a substitute for clinical judgment.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Jan Genevro, David Meyers and Mamatha Pancholi of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for their support, insightful comments, and enthusiasm. We thank Chris Stave for his expert guidance on literature and measures searches. We also thank Kathan Volrath for her thoughtful feedback on the framework development and Tammy Chapman for her assistance in preparing the Atlas. We thank members of our advisory panels for sharing their time and expertise to improve this work: Karen Adams, Melissa Affronti, Richard Antonelli, Anne-Marie Audet, Helen Burstin, Carol Cain, Eric Coleman, Susan Edgman-Levitan, Jinnet Fowles, Mark Friedberg, Adele Gorges, Tom Jewell, Sally Kraft, Gerri Lamb, Denise Love, Dana Safran, Sarah Scholle, Sara Singer, Vincenza Snow, Shoshana Sofaer, Scott Stumbo, Bert Vrijhoef, Eric Weil, Jonathan Weiner, and Daniel Wolfson. We also thank users who reviewed the Atlas and provided feedback: Steve Clauser, Bruce Finke, David Haggstrom, Paul Han, Diana Ordin, Sharon Pilus, and Kim Thompson. While their input guided and improved the Atlas, they are not responsible for the contents of the final product. We thank Joanne Abed and Marcía Treece, both of Battelle, for their editorial, design, and production assistance.

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Author Affiliation
1Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
2Battelle, Atlanta, GA
3Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Palo Alto, CA
4Sutter Health, Emeryville, CA

AHRQ Publication No. 11-0023-EF
Current as of January 2011


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Internet Citation:

Care Coordination Measures Atlas. AHRQ Publication No. 11-0023-EF. January 2011, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/careatlas/

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