Add to ORKGIntroduction Transition care clinics (TCCs) have proven to be effective in meeting the time-sensitive needs of patients in the post-discharge period and ensuring smooth transitions of patients from hospital to home. These clinics have led to lower readmissions, lower emergency department visits, cost savings, and lower rates of other adverse events following discharge. However, TCCs, including the East Tennessee State University Family Medicine (ETSU-FM) TCC have been facing high rates of patient no-shows. Aim The aim of this dissertation is to identify the different components and outcomes of TCC based on the literature. We further aim to analyze the TCC implementation process at the ETSU-FM clinic, identify gaps, and provide recommendatio...
Growing pressure on hospital systems to reduce readmissions, including efforts by the Centers for Me...
Introduction: Hospital readmissions are a significant and largely preventable burden on the healthca...
Paper approved May 2016 by the faculty of UMKC in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the de...
Background: Patients transitioning from an inpatient hospital stay to self-care responsibilities pos...
To reduce readmission rates and prevent adverse outcomes after discharge, hospitals have begun imple...
TCC (Transitions of care clinic) is a specialized clinic visit where patients present to their prima...
Primary care providers are challenged to identify strategies to decrease hospital readmissions. Tran...
IMPORTANCE: Discharge from the hospital to the community has been associated with serious patient ri...
During transitions of care, great opportunity exists for miscommunication, poor care coordination, a...
Practice Problem: The 30-day readmission rate for patients discharged from the hospital and returned...
Purpose: Transitional care is an emerging model of health care designed to decrease preventable adve...
Purpose: Transitional care is an emerging model of health care designed to decrease preventable adve...
Introduction: Coordinating smooth patient transitions remains a growing area of interest among healt...
To reduce readmission rates and avoid financial penalties from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
Several provisions in the Affordable Care Act incentivize healthcare systems to move from traditiona...
Growing pressure on hospital systems to reduce readmissions, including efforts by the Centers for Me...
Introduction: Hospital readmissions are a significant and largely preventable burden on the healthca...
Paper approved May 2016 by the faculty of UMKC in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the de...
Background: Patients transitioning from an inpatient hospital stay to self-care responsibilities pos...
To reduce readmission rates and prevent adverse outcomes after discharge, hospitals have begun imple...
TCC (Transitions of care clinic) is a specialized clinic visit where patients present to their prima...
Primary care providers are challenged to identify strategies to decrease hospital readmissions. Tran...
IMPORTANCE: Discharge from the hospital to the community has been associated with serious patient ri...
During transitions of care, great opportunity exists for miscommunication, poor care coordination, a...
Practice Problem: The 30-day readmission rate for patients discharged from the hospital and returned...
Purpose: Transitional care is an emerging model of health care designed to decrease preventable adve...
Purpose: Transitional care is an emerging model of health care designed to decrease preventable adve...
Introduction: Coordinating smooth patient transitions remains a growing area of interest among healt...
To reduce readmission rates and avoid financial penalties from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
Several provisions in the Affordable Care Act incentivize healthcare systems to move from traditiona...
Growing pressure on hospital systems to reduce readmissions, including efforts by the Centers for Me...
Introduction: Hospital readmissions are a significant and largely preventable burden on the healthca...
Paper approved May 2016 by the faculty of UMKC in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the de...