Coordination of Care as Experienced by the Specialist
Validation of the CSC-Specialist Survey in the Private Sector and the Effect of a Shared Electronic Health Record
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BACKGROUND: We previously developed 2 complementary surveys to measure coordination of care as experienced by the specialist and the primary care provider (PCP). These Coordination of Specialty Care (CSC) surveys were developed in the Veterans Health Administration (VA), under an integrated organizational umbrella that includes a shared electronic health record (EHR). OBJECTIVE: To develop an augmented version of the CSC-Specialist in the private sector and use that version (CSC-Specialist 2.0) to examine the effect of a shared EHR on coordination. RESEARCH DESIGN: We administered the survey online to a national sample of clinicians from 10 internal medicine subspecialties. We used multitrait analysis and confirmatory factor analysis to evaluate the psychometric properties of the original VA-based survey and develop an augmented private sector survey (CSC-Specialist 2.0). We tested construct validity by regressing a single-item measure of overall coordination onto the 4 scales. We used analysis of variance to examine the relationship of a shared EHR to coordination. RESULTS: Psychometric assessment supported the 13-item, 4-scale structure of the original VA measure and the augmented 18-item, 4-scale structure of the CSC-Specialist 2.0. The CSC-Specialist 2.0 scales together explained 45% of the variance in overall coordination. A shared EHR was associated with significantly better scores for the Roles and Responsibilities and Data Transfer scales, and for overall coordination. CONCLUSIONS: The CSC-Specialist 2.0 is a unique survey that demonstrates adequate psychometric performance and is sensitive to use of a shared EHR. It can be used alone or with the CSC-PCP to identify coordination problems, guide interventions, and measure improvements
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