UCCP Dictionary

UCCP

United Care Continuum Platform

• UCCP is the platform that unites the CCC, CRX, and CDX programs.

CCC

Community Care Coordination

• The CCC is a comprehensive health management tool that was designed for use by case managers, care coordinators, behavioral health, medical providers, as well as leaders across the care continuum (program directors, CMOs, policymakers, and more). 

CRX

Community Resource eXchange

• The CRX allows for resources to be coordinated for the client/patient electronically.

CDX

Community Data eXchange

• The CDX allows for data to be shared, cleaned and processed on a consolidated platform.

Dashboard

The format that is used to show data. Sometimes the view is aggregated (all the clients) sometimes it reflects data pertaining to a single patient.

Care Plan

The Care Plan allows for the Care Coordinator to create, manage and designate responsibility for the incremental steps that lead to the completion of the client’s overall goals/ aspirations.

Client/ Patient

These terms are interchangeable to refer to the individual who is receiving care

Care Coordination

The process of connecting those in need of a treatment, service or resource to said item(s) as a part of a cohesive health plan. (E.g. connecting an individual to a primary care physician, food banks, housing opportunities, etc.)

Values-Based Model

The structuring of a care plan around the needs, interests, goals and aspirations of a client/ patient with the purpose of achieving successful and sustainable outcomes and integrating their health journey into their life plan

Intervention

(Context: Intervention team, Intervention program). Intervention refers to the process of coordinating resources and acting as an advocate for clients/ patients.

Social Determinants of Health

Characteristics of a social environment that contribute to an individual’s health. These characteristics include economic, political, and legal structures, as well as social norms that determine how a society is organized and, by extension, the degree to which communities can access the resources necessary for health.

Intersectionality

“The interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.” (via Google)

Complex/ Vulnerable

Referring to those who are in particular need of assistance based on the difficult, and often intersectional complications that a client/ patient experiences. Such complications may include: socio-economic instability, food insecurity, physical/ mental/ emotional limitations + ailments, etc.