The Massachusetts Hospital Association plans to provide a 10-week training program for nurses and social workers who wish to become care coordinators in accountable care organizations.
The program, "Coordinating Care in a Fragmented System," will give participants skills to help their organizations move toward accountable care, according to the news release. The program is a combination of in-person and online learning.
"We know that care coordinators — clinicians who work closely with patients and their healthcare team to close gaps in care — are one of the critical success factors for ACOs, and that's why the Massachusetts Hospital Association is leading the way by offering this ground breaking program," Lynn Nicholas, MHA's president and CEO, said in the release.
The training program is being co-provided by the Villanova University College of Nursing and The Geneia Institute, a program of Geneia, a healthcare innovations company.
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