The following policy brief and report look at care coordination for rural patients, with a focus on transitions from inpatient care back to the rural community.  They suggest ways of measuring the quality of care coordination on discharge from the hospital.

Care Transitions: “Time to Come Home” (Policy Brief)

Care Transitions: “Time to Come Home” (Final Report)

PubHub has made the following report available:

Keeping the Commitment: A Progress Report on Four Early Leaders in Patient Safety Improvement
 
Examines four healthcare systems’ expansion of patient safety interventions over five years through the development of practical training methods, effective tools for minimizing errors, an emphasis on goal setting and accountability, and other approaches.

The Commonwealth Fund has made the following report available:

Most Americans get their health care in small physician practices. Yet, small practice settings are often unable to provide the same range of services or participate in quality improvement initiatives as large practices because they lack the staff, information technology, and office systems. One promising strategy is to share clinical support services and information systems with other practices. New findings from the 2009 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians suggest smaller practices that share resources are more likely than those without shared resources to have advanced electronic medical records and health information technology, routinely track and manage patient information, have after-hours care arrangements, and engage in quality monitoring and benchmarking. This issue brief highlights strategies that can increase resources among small- and medium-sized practices and efforts supported by states, the private sector, and the Affordable Care Act that encourage the expansion of shared-resource models. Find more on this study by clicking here.

Pubhub has made the following report available:

Designing Safety-Net Clinics for Innovative Care Delivery Models
 
Outlines key design features of and recommendations for primary care delivery models in safety-net clinics: co-location and outreach of services, patient-centered care, space for team collaboration, and use of new technology. Illustrates examples.