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The Coordinated Care Organization is a multispecialty medical
group, physician organization, or health system that strives to
integrate and coordinate the work of a community of physicians
and health care professionals to provide comprehensive outpatient
services for patients. These health care professionals work in
teams and are supported by the organization’s work flow
processes, communications procedures, and payment systems to easily
get patients the care they need when they need it.
Coordinated
Care Organizations are at the forefront of bringing about the
Institute of Medicine's vision of an ideal health care system,
one that is safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient,
and equitable.
The Coordinated Care Organization model is a valuable alternative
to solo-practice medicine. It is a group practice model with a
rich history of proven
results.
These organizations have made a multitude of contributions to
American health care in areas as varied as chronic disease management,
technology implementation, quality improvement, clinical research,
and national health policy.
They also
provide greater accountability for the quality and cost of care
because they have the organizational structure, resources, and
information base to do so.
“Such
groups are more than collections of doctors loosely related to
each other through independent practice associations. Rather,
they are entities with a psychological sense of belonging and
identification with the group fostered by a common vision, a shared
culture, and accountable leadership.” From “Prepaid
Groups and Organized Delivery Systems: Promise, Performance, and
Potential,” by Stephen M. Shortell and Julie Schmittdiel,
published in Alain Enthoven’s Towards a 21st Century
Health System, 2004.
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2009 Council of Accountable Physician Practices. CAPP is a 501(c)(6)
organization affiliated with AMGA’s 501(c)(3) foundation.
Updated11/30/2009