Care Fragmentation in Nebraska

Patients with complex and chronic diseases often interact with multiple providers, creating a burden on providers to coordinate care across communities, states, and health systems, resulting in uncoordinated and unconnected care plans. With the average primary care physician coordinating care for numerous providers, specialists, and pharmacies involved in care, the risk of medication interactions and inadequate care coordination increases.

What Care Fragmentation Looks Like in Nebraska

In Nebraska, patients with a complex chronic disease diagnosis had up to eight times more visits than those without a complex or chronic disease diagnosis:

In one year (2024):

• Cerebrovascular disease patients had 4x more doctor visits
• Diabetes patients had 5x more doctor visits
• Cancer patients had nearly 8x more doctor visits

These findings highlight an essential need for connected care. A statewide Health Information Exchange like CyncHealth Nebraska bridges this gap, giving providers a more complete picture of patient health, and a common platform that is shared across providers no matter where care was received.