Care Coordination in Primary Care: Views of Clinicians and Clinic Leaders.

Background: Care coordination is an important strategy for addressing patient needs and improving outcomes of care.

Purpose: The Minnesota Care Coordination Effectiveness Study sought to better understand the perspectives and experiences of clinicians/clinic leaders regarding the value, barriers, and facilitators for care coordination in primary care.

Methods: We conducted semi-structured interviews with 18 clinic managers, physicians, and advanced practice clinicians.

Patient Experiences and Perceptions of Care Coordination in Primary Care.

Background: Understanding patient perceptions of care coordination in primary care can help improve responsiveness to patients' needs, outcomes, and quality of care.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore patient experiences and perceptions of care coordination in primary care.

Method: Interviews with 13 patients from 10 clinics were conducted and analyzed using directed content analysis.

Heteromultivalency enables enhanced detection of nucleic acid mutations.

Detecting genetic mutations such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) is necessary to prescribe effective cancer therapies, perform genetic analyses and distinguish similar viral strains. Traditionally, SNP sensing uses short oligonucleotide probes that differentially bind the SNP and wild-type targets. However, DNA hybridization-based techniques require precise tuning of the probe's binding affinity to manage the inherent trade-off between specificity and sensitivity.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Patients Receiving Care Coordination in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study.

Introduction: Care coordination addresses the needs of patients with complex chronic illness and psychosocial issues, coordinating their care and social needs. It is not known how such patients receiving these services managed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of this study was to learn how the health, health care, social needs, and finances of patients receiving care coordination were affected by the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Role of Care Coordination: A Qualitative Study of Care Coordinator Perceptions.

Background: Care coordination is important for patients with complex needs; yet, little is known about the factors impacting implementation from the care coordinator perspective.

Purpose: To understand how care coordination implementation differs across clinics and what care coordinators perceive as barriers and facilitators of effective coordination.

Methods: Nineteen care coordinators from primary care clinics in Minnesota participated in interviews about their perceptions of care coordination.