Care Coordination in LA County

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Chart providing summary of care coordination efforts taking place in Los Angeles County. The objectives of care coordination are to improve patient outcomes, contain costs, facilitate access for high-risk populations, and promote coordination of social support and medical services across different organizations and providers. Comprehensive care coordination enables people with special health care needs, especially those with chronic conditions, to navigate through complex care systems. A relatively new trend, care coordination can include brokering for social support and medical services, breaking down boundaries between systems of care, assisting families with transportation and telephones—in short, whatever it takes to keep patients at home and healthy. The following document outlines just some of the current care coordination activities at community clinics in LA County. This is not an exhaustive listing of all of activities underway.