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- Continuity of care matters; however, expansion and specialisation of the health system tends to fragment care. Continuity of care is accompanied by a range of patient benefits, including reduced all-cause mortality; lower rates of hospital presentation and preventable admission; and improved patient satisfaction.
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Understanding the continuum of care requires taking a big-picture look at medical services. The continuum of care can encompass the changing health care needs throughout a patient’s life, or it can focus on a particular health condition. The term commonly describes health care that follows patients over a period of time — from preventive care to tr...
Examples can help illustrate what the continuum of care is. The continuum of care often refers to care for older adults or those with mental health issues because they typically rely on many types of medical care. Each step in the continuum entails different types of care, sometimes from many different health care professionals. These patient popul...
An examination of what the continuum of care means to patients and providers should include a look at how it can enhance care, improve relationships, and increase efficiency. Below are some benefits of the continuum of care, both for those receiving care and those providing it.
The nursing workforce represents the largest segment of health care workers in the United States, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). Globally, the World Health Organization reports that nurses and midwives comprised nearly 50% of the health care workforce in 2022. Additionally, AACN reports that nurses are the nati...
Nurses and other medical professionals, as well as the health systems they work for, can help guide a smooth continuum of care by following some key steps. These efforts center on effective data sharing, coordinated scheduling, and clear communication. The success of the continuum of care is what’s at the heart of best practices such as the followi...
Providing a continuum of care means ensuring consistent and coordinated health care, and the practice holds many benefits for patients and medical professionals alike. As the profession representing the largest sector in the health care field, nursing plays a key role in providing an effective continuum of care for patients. An advanced nursing edu...
Nov 8, 2016 · The HIV care continuum is a framework that models the dynamic stages of HIV care. The continuum consists of five main steps, which, at the population level, are depicted cross-sectionally as the HIV treatment cascade. These steps include diagnosis, linkage to care (LTC), retention in care (RiC), adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), and ...
- Emma Sophia Kay, D. Scott Batey, Michael J. Mugavero
- 2016
Jul 13, 2023 · Continuity and coordination of care involve healthcare provisions from family to health facility throughout the life-course to provide a range of services. Several issues could influence multilevel care coordination, including at the individual (services or users), organizational (providers), and system (departments and sectors) levels.
- 10.1186/s12913-023-09718-8
- 2023
- BMC Health Serv Res. 2023; 23: 750.
Sep 17, 2021 · The continuum of care (CoC) model has been used to describe the main pillars of HIV care. This study aims to systematically review methods and elucidate gaps in the CoC analyses, especially in terms of the timing of the progression through steps, recognized nowadays as a critical parameter for an effective response to the epidemic. Methods.
- Georgia Vourli, Ioannis Katsarolis, Nikos Pantazis, Giota Touloumi
- 10.1186/s12889-021-11747-z
- 2021
- BMC Public Health. 2021; 21: 1699.
When you or your loved one has been diagnosed with a serious or chronic illness, or are simply progressing through the natural aging process, the ability to access a continuum of care takes on a greater importance.
Oct 28, 2022 · The HIV care continuum is a public health model that outlines the steps or stages that people with HIV go through from diagnosis to achieving and maintaining viral suppression (a very low or undetectable amount of HIV in the blood) through care and treatment with HIV medicine called antiretroviral therapy or ART. The steps are:
