Question

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are going to bundled payment systems and will require quality initiatives to be met, including avoidance of hospital re-admissions and provision of coordination of care. Describe the interventions that will be used to ensure these quality standards are met. In other words, how do you provide “coordination of care”? How can providers ensure that patients will remain compliant

Answer 1

Accountable care organisation are group of doctors ,nurses , healthcare providers who work together voluntarily to provide quality care to the patient's .

Coordination of care is a team based patient and family centered care designed to assess and meet the needs of the patient to make them self efficient and independent.

To provide coordination of care the following approaches are necessary :-

- Teamwork

- care management

- medication management

- health information technology

- patient centered medical home

We can provide coordination of care by the following ways :-

- Establishing accountability and agreeing on responsibility

- Using good Communication skills

- Health education

- Helping with transition of care

- Assessing patient needs and goals

- Creating a proactive care plan

- Monitoring and follow-ups

- Supporting patients self management goals

- Linking to community resources

By regular follow ups and monitoring healthcare providers can check the compliance of the patient .