Health Care Coordination Toolkit

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Description

The Health Care Coordination Toolkit is designed to assist individuals, guardians, and teams in the proper coordination of health care for adults with developmental disabilities. It includes forms to guide the information that should be tracked for effective care coordination.

The intent of the toolkit is to assure that individuals receive timely medical followup, testing, and monitoring for adequate health care delivery.

The materials are organized into the following sections:

General information
Health care coordinators in the Developmental Disabilities Waiver System
Communicating health information
Coordination of health care for individuals on the Developmental Disabilities Waiver
Forms to gather medical information for health care coordination
Additional resources

Links to the Tool:
This tool is available at: http://nmhealth.org/ddsd/resourcesupportbureaupublications/HandbooksGuides/HCCToolKit.htm#Sec2a

Developer

New Mexico Department of Health

Funding Sources

New Mexico Department of Health

QualityTool Topic

Quality improvement strategies

History

Release Date: 01/2010
Original Summary: 01/2010

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QualityTool Classification

Patient Population:

Disabled (developmentally)

Stage of Care:

Chronic care

Patient Care Process:

Coordination of care

Provider-patient communication

Provider-provider communication

IOM Domains of Quality:

Effectiveness

Patient-centeredness