AHRQ maps care coordination measures
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released "The Care Coordination Measures Atlas," a resource for researchers interested in measuring care coordination, an emerging field of quality measurement.
"The Care Coordination Measures Atlas" identifies more than 60 measures for assessing care coordination from the perspectives of patients and caregivers, healthcare professionals and health system managers, according to the AHRQ.
The measures are mapped to a conceptual framework for understanding care coordination measurement to help users identify the measures that are relevant to their work.
In addition to researchers, measure developers, accountable care organizations and others responsible for measuring care coordination can use the Atlas to identify available measures to assess care coordination activities, as well as pinpoint gaps in existing measures, the Rockville, Md.-based agency stated.
"The Care Coordination Measures Atlas" is available here.
"The Care Coordination Measures Atlas" identifies more than 60 measures for assessing care coordination from the perspectives of patients and caregivers, healthcare professionals and health system managers, according to the AHRQ.
The measures are mapped to a conceptual framework for understanding care coordination measurement to help users identify the measures that are relevant to their work.
In addition to researchers, measure developers, accountable care organizations and others responsible for measuring care coordination can use the Atlas to identify available measures to assess care coordination activities, as well as pinpoint gaps in existing measures, the Rockville, Md.-based agency stated.
"The Care Coordination Measures Atlas" is available here.