Coastal Samaritan Counseling Center’s Coordination of Care Policy
Coastal Samaritan Counseling Center is committed to providing compassionate, ethical, and person-centered care. As part of our mission to support the emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being of those we serve, we recognize that effective coordination of care is essential to ensuring continuity, safety, and the highest quality of treatment for our clients. This policy outlines our standards and procedures for collaborating with other professionals and care systems involved in a client’s care. The Coastal Samaritan Counseling Center supports and encourages coordinated, collaborative care with primary care providers, psychiatrists, medical specialists, educational institutions, social service agencies, and other mental health providers involved in the client’s care. Coordination efforts are conducted with the client’s informed consent and in accordance with all applicable ethical, legal, and confidentiality guidelines.
Key Objectives
- To support a holistic understanding of each client’s needs.
- To ensure consistency and continuity of services across providers.
- To promote collaborative problem-solving and effective treatment planning.
- To reduce duplication of services and mitigate potential treatment conflicts.
- To support client autonomy and informed decision-making.
“Care coordination involves deliberately organizing patient care activities and sharing information among all of the participants concerned with a patient’s care to achieve safer and more effective care. This means that the patient’s needs and preferences are known ahead of time and communicated at the right time to the right people, and that this information is used to provide safe, appropriate, and effective care to the patient.”
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality definition.