In the healthcare industry,<unk>  is the process by which<unk>  relevant to a patient's care is made available to both the patient and the provider at the right place and the right time, to facilitate ongoing health care management and<unk>  of care. This is an extension of the concept of<unk>  of Care," which is defined by the American Academy of Family Physicians in their<unk>  of Care definition as "the process by which the patient and the physician are cooperatively involved in ongoing health care management toward the goal of high quality, cost-effective medical care." There is a non-Information Technology reference to<unk> al<unk> " — the use of<unk>  on past events and personal circumstances to make current care appropriate for each individual. This exists with "Management<unk> " and "Relational<unk> ."<unk>  in the<unk>  technology sense may exist alongside physical care<unk> , such as when a medical chart arrives with a patient to the hospital.<unk>  may also be separate, such as when a patient's electronic records are sent to a treating physician before the patient arrives at a care site. Creating<unk>  in health care typically involves the use of health<unk>  technology to link systems using standards.<unk>  will become more and more important as patients in health care systems expect that their treating physicians have all of their medical<unk>  across the health care spectrum. This use of this term in health<unk>  technology initiated at Seattle, Washington, at the Group Health Cooperative non-profit care system to describe activities including data sharing, allergy and medication reconciliation, and interfacing of data between health care institutions.
Information continuity
Component causes
Appropriate use criteria
Good clinical data management practice
Defined contribution health benefits
Patient group directions
Cost sharing
Data validation