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Care coordination deliberate organization of patient care activities between two or more
participants (including the patient) involved in a patient's care to facilitate the
appropriate delivery of healthcare services
Goal of Care Coordination -improve care
-promote health and independence
-reduce unnecessary service utilization
Care Coordination Attributes continued increased cost of healthcare, uneven quality of health care, poor
patient outcomes
Chain of Command -hierarchy of authority in which each rank is accountable to the ones directly
superior
-unlicensed assistive personnel--> LPN --> KN --> charge nurse ---> advanced
practice nurse --> nurse manager or supervisor --> director of nursing --> chief
nursing officer
Delegation the process of transferring the performance of a task to another member of the
health care team while retaining accountability for the outcome
Prioritization deal with most important 1st, evaluate group of items and rank in order of
importance