Uncoordinated Care

Uncoordinated Care Student’s Name Institution Course Instructor Date Uncoordinated Care and Its Consequences The case of Pat epitomizes the losses of uncoordinated care and inadequate medical records. Regardless of having an implant procedure, her symptoms after surgery were neglected, and her worsening symptoms were ignored (Patient Safety Movement, 2020). By the time she was in a critical state, the nurse attending to the emergency room forgot to document the implant she had received only four months before. This gap in communication and documentation ultimately led to her passing. Barriers to Care Pat, along with her family, had barriers to care, which included poor communication with other providers, condescending medical staff, and missing medical documents. To start with, her pain appeared to be part of a normal post-surgical recovery. She sought help, but her pain was still ignored (Patient Safety Movement, 2020, 00:01:15). The absence of a centralized system of records made it impossible to access information which, ...