Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-07T12:21:44 RDF description of Care coordination in primary care: views of clinicians and clinic leaders - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn38191 2024-11-29T23:41:40.539-06:00 23510 1 Quality of Health Care Care coordination in primary care: views of clinicians and clinic leaders <p><b>BACKGROUND</b> : Care coordination received strong support from clinicians and clinic leaders who viewed it as a valuable component of successful care delivery. : Care coordination is an important strategy for addressing patient needs and improving outcomes of care.<br> <b>PURPOSE</b> : The Minnesota Care Coordination Effectiveness Study sought to better understand the perspectives and experiences of clinicians/clinic leaders regarding the value, barriers, and facilitators for care coordination in primary care. <br> <b>METHODS</b> : We conducted semi-structured interviews with 18 clinic managers, physicians, and advanced practice clinicians. Data were analyzed using a directed content analysis approach. <br> <b>RESULTS</b> : Five themes arose in the interviews: financial issues were perceived as a primary barrier to care coordination; participants valued care coordination as an important asset; they employed significant variation in how care coordination was structured; they identified both medical and social needs of patients as important; and care coordinators' background, experience, and integration were viewed as critical to program success. <br> <b>CONCLUSIONS</b><p> Patient Care Planning Qualitative Studies public 10.1097/ncq.0000000000000808 40 Attitude Delivery of Health Care document-rn38191 Physicians Journal of Nursing Care Quality Continuity of Patient Care 40660 Primary Health Care