Clinical Guidelines and Standards
Discuss;
How the Care Coordination Process Supports the Continuum of Care
Methodology That Supports the Financial, Ethical, Legal, Social Support, and Provider Components of the Care Continuum
Cross-Disciplinary Support That Contributes to Evidence-Based Practices Within the hospital
How Inter-Professional Collaboration Among Various Disciplines Can Facilitate the Achievement of Health Goals for Patients, the Community, or a Population
assessed.
• Explain how the health services and resources available in your local community or a community that you are familiar with contribute to the care coordination process throughout the continuum of care.
o Examine the types of care support provided and the potential impact on care coordination.
o Create a concept map, based on your analysis of support provided, illustrating the relationships between available health services and resources and the care coordination process. Concept mapping offers a robust way to visually illustrate relationships between concepts and ideas.
o Write a narrative description of your concept mapping process.
o Examples of health services and resources include:
o Primary care.
o Emergency care.
o Dental and vision care.
o Physical and occupational therapy.
o Mental health services.
o Home health care.
o Health promotion and illness prevention services.
o Chronic disease management.
o Immunization and laboratory services.
o Health technologies (telemedicine/telehealth, wireless and portable devices, self-service kiosks).
o Counseling and addiction treatment.
o Hospice and palliative care.
Note: You may find it useful to refer to the Concept Maps page, linked in Suggested Resources, to gain a greater understanding about creating and utilizing this tool.
• Explain how the needs of patients, individual communities, and populations can directly influence the success or failure of a care coordination plan after it is implemented.
o Consider both positive and negative influences.
o Provide evidence to support your assertions and conclusions.
• Identify gaps in community health services and resources.
o Consider the needs of patients, individual communities, or populations throughout the care continuum.
• Identify applicable clinical guidelines and standards from national policy or regulatory organizations as evidence for gaps. For example:
o Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
o Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).
• Write clearly and concisely, using correct grammar and mechanics.
o Express your main points and conclusions coherently.
o Proofread your writing to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on the substance of your analysis.
• Support main points, claims, and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style.
o Is your supporting evidence clear and explicit?
o How or why does particular evidence support a claim?
o Will your audience see the connection?
Additional Requirements
Be sure to submit the following three documents for this assessment:
• Your concept map.
• A narrative description of your concept-mapping process.
• Your gap analysis.
Be sure that you have used the APA Style Paper Template to format your gap analysis and that your document includes:
• A title page and references page.
• A running head on all pages.
• Appropriate section headings.