Care coordination

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METEOR identifier:	494985
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 16/01/2020
Definition:	Care coordination services provide a single point of contact (via a Care Facilitator) for people (and their families/carers) with lived experience of mental illness and complex care needs. Care Facilitators will be responsible for ensuring all of the patients’ care needs, clinical and non-clinical and as determined by a nationally consistent assessment tool, are being met (Commonwealth of Australia 2012).
Context:	Mental health non-government organisation establishments service type taxonomy.

Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	Distinguishing features: The principal service provided is the coordination of access to a range of services required by the individual Where other support services are delivered, they are incidental to the principal care coordination role Inclusions: Care coordination Exclusions: Care coordination provided as part of delivering another service type Example programs and initiatives: Care Coordination for People with a Severe Mental Illness and Multiple Needs, Victoria Partners In Recovery Living Options
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Care coordination Health, Standard 16/01/2020 See also Mental health non-government organisation service type code N[N] ACT Health (retired), Candidate 14/08/2018 Health, Standard 13/11/2014
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Care coordination mental health service type cluster Health, Standard 13/11/2014 Mental health non-government organisation establishments NBEDS 2015- Health, Standard 13/11/2014 Mental health non-government organisation grants cluster ACT Health (retired), Candidate 14/08/2018 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 Service integration infrastructure Health, Superseded 16/01/2020