| Clinical information coordinationReferral between levels of care and information use from previous episodes and biopsychosocial situations for the current patient attention. How the professionals transmit to each other information, link previous events with the current ones and direct attention to the needs of the patient |
Information exchange about the patient between different services and levels through formal mechanisms or informal communication. |
| Use of information about the circumstances and events of the patient previously attended at a care level, to guide the clinical decisions about a current event in which the patient receives care at a different level. |
| Clinical management coordinationThe provision of attention in a sequential and complementary way, among a shared attention plan by the different care levels and participant services |
It refers to the accurate follow-up of the patient during transitions from a level of care to another (eg, from the first level of attention after a hospital discharge, either from an emergency or specialist consultation). |
| Medical attention if the medical condition worsens, requiring timely medical attention from a different place. |
| Implies similar objectives of treatment among the different professionals from the first and specialised levels of medical attention, or among the different specialties that provide attention to the patient. |
| Administrative coordinationThe coordination of the patient’s access along the care continuum according to their needs |
The administrative circuits in which the patient transmits to obtain healthcare attention and the regularisation of the care flows (consults, diagnostic tests, treatment) for a concrete intervention among the different levels of complexity of the Integrated Health Services Network. |
