Question

Discuss some strategies that can be suggested to improve continuity of care?

Answer 1

1.Inorder to provide quality care to the patients and enhance better health outcomes it is necessary to improve continuity of care.A mix of scheduling and other management strategies could improve continuity of care.Balancing the number of patients assigned to each doctor based on a couple of patient variables,age and gender can lead to notable improvement and reduce patient wait times.A good interpersonal skills,good information flow and co-ordination of care can result in quality care and patient satisfaction.The three models of care such as casemanagement,shared care and inter discipliniary team helps in continuing care.Improving communication between health care providers and patient,co-ordination of health care services and health care providers,maintaining a progressive transition between curative and palliative treatments and by finally providing adequate education and training of health care providers.This are the possible strategies tonimprove continuity of care.