continuity of care
Seamless medical attention
Continuity of care is a healthcare principle emphasizing consistent, coordinated treatment over time, ideally with the same providers who know a patient's history.
The concept matters most for chronic conditions and complex cases where fragmented care leads to gaps, redundant tests, or conflicting treatments.
Her continuity of care suffered when she moved and had to find new doctors.
- follow-upSubsequent action on something
- handoffDirect physical exchange
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- transitionChange from one state
- medical recordsDocumented patient health history
patient history · coordination · ongoing · treatment plan · relationship · trust · familiar · physician · nurse · clinic · chronic · long-term · seamless · comprehensive · holistic · monitoring · checkup · case manager
- patient carepatient safety, disease management, home health, patient advocacy, patient education
- primary carefamily medicine, family doctor, family doctors, general practitioner, general practice
- care teamsinterdisciplinary team, team meeting, team lead, treatment team, huddle
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- health insurancepremium, deductible, copay, coverage, health insurance card
- Nursing Practicepatient assessment, implementation, interventions, outcomes, goals
continuity of caredrop-in care
Flexible childcare without reservations
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