Colocating health care services: a way to improve care coordination of children’s health care
- Författare
- Ginsburg, S.
- Titel
- Colocating health care services: a way to improve care coordination of children’s health care
- Utgivningsår
- 2008
- Stad
- New York
- Utgivare
- The Commonwealth Fund
- Sammanfattning
Pediatric practices are faced with a growing demand that they address the
healthy development of their patients. As pediatric practices strengthen their role as medical
homes for their patients, they need either to provide expanded services or enhance their
capacity to coordinate that care. One option for enhancing the existing capacity of pediatric
practices is colocation with other providers and services in the same setting. This issue
brief examines what is currently known about the use of colocation and its benefits. The
literature and interviews used as information resources for the brief suggest that colocation
of services is not a single strategy but rather a complex set of relationships, organizational
structures, and other features meant to help practices deliver effective care. However, more
thorough examination of current colocation approaches is needed before advice can be
provided to practices considering this option.