Care Coordination Mapping: How Does Care Coordination Vary By Service Delivery Model?

No single definition exists for care coordination. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) documented 49 different definitions in use between 1976 and 2006 (see Closing The Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis Of Quality Improvement Strategies, Volume 7 - Care Coordination). The Government Accountability Office settled on one overarching definition in 2013 that summarizes these approaches without minimizing the multiplicity of components involved as follows (see Medicaid Managed Care: Use Of Limited Benefit Plans To Provide Mental Health Services And Efforts To Coordinate Care):

“Care coordination is broadly defined as the integration of patient care activities between two or more . . .