Continuity of Care

Even before the time of COVID, urgent care centers (those in the trade call them docs in a box) were the go-to alternative to a long Emergency Department wait or having to see your primary care ...

Medscape

Continuity of Care May Reduce Deaths, Complications, Costs

Lower continuity of care (COC) is linked to higher mortality, morbidity, and healthcare costs, suggesting that optimal care should support long-term trusting relationships between patients and ...

Healio

Q&A: Continuity of primary care lowers health costs

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Continuity of care leads to better health care utilization and lower costs. Health care systems should consider ...

Community Impact

Austin woman breaks hospital cycle, reclaims health: How proactive care saves lives

Learn how Premier Family Physicians in Austin uses proactive primary care and continuity of care to reduce hospitalizations ...

Healio

Q&A: ABFM develops quality measure to assess continuity of care

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The American Board of Family Medicine has developed a measure to examine continuity of care. Eight in 10 ...

The American Journal of Managed Care

Reexamining the Association of Care Continuity and Health Care Outcomes

Claims-based and patient-reported continuity measures have distinct effects on subjective and objective outcomes. A claims-based continuity indicator may be a unique dimension of care continuity.

The American Journal of Managed Care

Smarter Continuity in an Era of Expanding Challenges in Primary Care

If we are to achieve the clinical and economic benefits of primary care and care continuity, the implementation and evaluation of strategies that reward clinicians and patients are warranted. Recent ...

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