• Hynes DM, Govier DJ, Niederhausen M, Tuepker A, Laliberte AZ, McCready H, Hickok A, Rowneki M, Waller D, Cordasco KM, Singer SJ, McDonald KM, Slatore CG, Thomas KC, Maciejewski M, Battaglia C, Perla L. Understanding care coordination for Veterans with complex care needs: protocol of a multiple-methods study to build evidence for an effectiveness and implementation study. Frontiers in Health Services. 2023 Aug 15; 3:1211577.
• Hempel S, Ganz D, Saluja S, Bolshakova M, Kim T, Turvey C, Cordasco K, Basu A, Page T, Mahmood R, Motala A, Barnard J, Wong M, Fu N, Miake-Lye IM. Care coordination across healthcare systems: development of a research agenda, implications for practice, and recommendations for policy based on a modified Delphi panel. BMJ open. 2023 May 17; 13(5):e060232.
• Hynes DM, Thomas KC. Realigning theory with evidence to understand the role of care coordination in mental health services research. International journal of care coordination. 2023 Jun 1; 26(2):55-61.
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• Monty GR, Benson SK, Deeds SA, Callegari LS, Katon JG, Cordasco KM, Gray KE. "We Are Working Harder, Not Smarter:" a Qualitative Inquiry Into Care Coordination for Department of Veterans Affairs Mammograms Referred to the Community. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2022 Dec 15.

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• For High-Risk Veterans, Fragmented Care from Multiple Providers Does Not Increase Risk of Hospitalization and May Lower Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions
  This longitudinal study sought to examine outpatient care fragmentation and its association with future hospitalization among Veterans at high risk for hospitalization. Findings showed that among this cohort, fragmented outpatient care did not increase Veterans’ likelihood of future admission and, in fact, was associated with a lower likelihood of hospitalization for ambulatory care-sensitive cond...
  
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• Visit the VA’s Office of Community Care to learn more about requesting care coordination services with community providers.
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