A strategy used to improve patient care and help reduce hospital costs through the coordination of care is called:

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Case management coordinates patient care.Clinical pathways were an initiative to help reduce LOS (length of stay),enhance outcomes,and contain cost,but not through coordination of care.Primary nursing is a care delivery model in which a patient is assigned a primary nurse.Utilization review is a review of patient charts daily to ensure that the patient's acuity warrants continued hospitalization.

A Strategy Used to Improve Patient Care and Help Reduce