Connecting Those at Risk to Care: A Guide To Building a Community "HUB" To Promote a System of Collaboration, Accountability, and Improved Outcomes | AHRQ Innovations Exchange

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Connecting Those at Risk to Care: A Guide To Building a Community "HUB" To Promote a System of Collaboration, Accountability, and Improved Outcomes | AHRQ Innovations Exchange







August 27, 2014 Issue
Enhancing Primary Care Access and Capacity

This issue includes

QualityTools:

• Connecting Those at Risk to Care: A Guide To Building a Community "HUB" To Promote a System of Collaboration, Accountability, and Improved Outcomes

Connecting Those at Risk to Care: A Guide To Building a Community "HUB" To Promote a System of Collaboration, Accountability, and Improved Outcomes

Description

Related Profile: Field-Based Outreach Workers Facilitate Access to Health Care and Social Services for Underserved Individuals in Rural Areas Related QualityTool: Connecting Those at Risk to Care: The Quick Start Guide to Developing Community Care Coordination Pathways

This guide is intended to help improve the system by which at-risk individuals within a community are identified and connected to appropriate health care and social services. The audience includes a diverse set of public and private stakeholders involved in coordinating care for at-risk individuals. This guide may be of interest to Federal, State, and local governmental agencies and community-based organizations, such as safety net clinics, hospitals, public health departments, and charitable organizations. The guide contains the following: Background regarding current challenges in serving at-risk populations Addressing the problem through a Pathways Community HUB A step-by-step guide to building a Pathways Community HUB, including planning, creating tools and resources, and launching the HUB Moving forward after implementation Links to related tools and resources

Links to the Tool:
The PDF version of this tool is available at:http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/guide/HUBManual/CommunityHUBManual.pdf (If you don't have the software to open this PDF, download free Adobe Acrobat Reader® software .)
The HTML version of this tool is available at:http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/guide/HUBManualTOC.aspx

Developer Community Care Coordination Learning Network

Funding Sources Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality