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. 2015 Jan 22;8:47–58. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S73469

Table 1.

Top five themes by number of times mentioned

Theme Number of responses Topic Nature of response Primary associated concept in operational framework for care coordination9
Building relationships improves the work 120 Communication Strong Practice II.a (relational coordination)
Lack of care coordination 91 Patients Improvement Opportunity I.a (need for coordination)
Ineffective/incorrect/missing templates for consult request by PCP 90 Tasks structure Improvement Opportunity I.c (enabling resources)
Lack of feedback 80 Communication Improvement Opportunity I.e (information requirements)
Difficulty contacting SCP team 77 Communication Improvement Opportunity II.c (coordination processes)
Top 5 of 86 themes 19% of 2,413 responses

Abbreviations: PCP, primary care provider; SCP, specialty care provider.