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Cross-Continuum Collaboration in Health Care: Unleashing the Potential

Loehrer S, McCarthy D, Coleman EA, and for the Cross-Continuum Study Panel. Cross-continuum collaboration in health care: Unleashing the potential. Population Health Management. 2015 Sept;18(5):317-319.

With the growth of accountable care organizations, bundled payment initiatives, and other performance-based payment arrangements signaling a shift in the health care landscape toward rewarding value, many health care organizations are adopting population health approaches that expand their focus. This articles proposes enabling factors for successful cross-continuum collaboration to ensure that relevant post-acute and primary care, as well as community services and supports, are available in a coordinated fashion to meet the needs of patients across the care continuum.

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