title: Dismantling Rube Goldberg: cutting through chaos to achieve coordinated care.
abstract: Dr. Pham, a practicing general internist and health policy researcher, recalls her experience, as a granddaughter, of how patients, families, and physicians are often complicit in foiling the good coordination of care.
authors.affiliation: Center for Studying Health System Change, 600 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20024, USA. mpham@hschange.org
authors.forename: Hoangmai H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Pham
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards*; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000592:standards*