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Here are some links to interesting news items and to programs and organizations working to improve patient outcomes by improving care coordination and the care transition process:
- There is a growing interest in the effect of the care transition process on future factors like the probability of a return to the hospital. The National Transitions of Care Coalition is an umbrella organization for organizations like the Case Management Society of America which are working to improve this aspect of healthcare.Learn more HERE ...
- intervening to support the patient and their family during the transition process, a critical aspect of our service, is not a new idea. A carefully controlled study at the University of Colorado in 2005 and published in the Archives of Internal Medicine can be found HERE.
- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the "Healthcare Reform Law") includes a number of provisions for trials of practical changes to the way we organize and pay for healthcare. Learn more HERE ...
- One cause of problems during a care transition is the lack of proper documentation. Our discussions with receiving providers point to problems with the medication list and incomplete, or delayed Discharge Summaries. An article on the subject will be found HERE ...
- The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced a program exploring ways to improve care after the patient returns home. Learn more about the demonstration projects HERE ...and HERE ...
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