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Opportunities for Assessing Quality Improvement Efforts through Research


Monday, November 2, 2015 : 3:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.

Brenda A. Leath, MHSA, APHA Section Councilor, Health Informatics Information Technology (HIIT) Section, Senior Study Director, Rockville, MD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
The care coordination field is inconsistent with its definitions, operations, and documentation of effective care coordination service delivery.  The lack of standardization contributes to the duplication of services and gaps in client/patient connections to needed services.  This presentation will discuss the need for research on the how standardization of care coordination services can lead to quality improvement.

Learning Areas:

Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Public health or related public policy
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
Discuss how the certification process can lead to standardization and improved quality of community care coordination.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Co-Executive Director of the Center for Pathways Community Care Coordination of the Rockville Institute, I have been the Project Director and Co-Principal Investigator of the Community Care Coordination Performance Measures project funded by NIH, and I am member of the Core Operations Team for Community HUB Certification and RI, PD for the Certification Project.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Back to: 3326.0: CONFERENCE OF EMERITUS MEMBERS: Pathways Community HUB Certification: Implications for Public Health Policy, Practice, and Research