title: Let the left hand know what the right is doing: a vision for care coordination and electronic health records.
abstract: Despite the potential for electronic health records to help providers coordinate care, the current marketplace has failed to provide adequate solutions. Using a simple framework, we describe a vision of information technology capabilities that could substantially improve four care coordination activities: identifying collaborators, contacting collaborators, collaborating, and monitoring. Collaborators can include any individual clinician, caregiver, or provider organization involved in care for a given patient. This vision can be used to guide the development of care coordination tools and help policymakers track and promote their adoption.
authors.affiliation: RAND Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Rudin
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team
keywords: IT Vision; Informatics research; care coordination; electronic health records; health information technology policy