Care Fragmentation in VA Home Based Primary Care

Sam Edwards, MD, MPH, of the Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (<a href=https://www.portlandcoin.research.va.gov/ target="_blank">CIVIC</a>) in Portland OR, talks about his research studying care fragmentation among Veterans receiving home based primary care (HBPC). Care fragmentation - the dispersion of a patient&rsquo;s care across clinicians and healthcare settings - is associated with increased Emergency Department visits and hospital admissions among medically complex patients.