You’re Invited! We hope you’ll join us for our next Empowered #patientchat as we discuss care coordination. Care coordination is “the deliberate organization of patient care activities between two or more participants (including the patient) involved in a patient’s care to facilitate the appropriate delivery of health care services.”

Care coordination can mean different things to different people, but mostly includes the following aspects of care:

• Managing the exchange of information among participants responsible for different aspects of care
• Synchronizes the delivery of a patient’s health care from multiple providers and specialists.
• Avoiding unnecessary and/or redundant tests and procedures, which can both improve the care experience and reduce the cost of care
• Assessing all of a patient’s needs – not just their immediate clinical needs

We hope to see you Friday, June 14th on Twitter (or tchat.io/rooms/patientchat) at 10:00 am Pacific / 1:00 pm Eastern. Be sure to include the hashtag #patientchat in all your responses!

Guiding our discussion will be the following Topic (T#:) Questions:

T1: Why is care coordination important? #patientchat

T2: How can care coordination be put into action? #patientchat

T3: In your opinion, who is involved and responsible for coordinating care? #patientchat

T4: What are the elements of successful care coordination? #patientchat

T5: How coordinated is the care experience for you? #patientchat

Empowered Patient Chats (#patientchat) are held every other Friday at 10:00 am Pacific / 1:00 pm Eastern and during the chat patients and advocates come to learn from each other and discuss topics of interest to empowered patients.

Click HERE to learn more about the Empowered #patientchat Series plus read tips on how to participate.