Transitions of care have long been recognized as a vulnerable time for patients and their caregivers, particularly among the frail elderly with chronic diseases and complex medical issues. Various ...

Care transitions intervention, a patient-centered coaching intervention, results in reduction of average cost of care among Medicare patients, according to a study published in the Journal of General ...

This observational evaluation compared an adult medical care coordination intervention with usual care and found that the intervention was associated with significant improvements in patient ...

Critical care transition clinic patients with chronic conditions had a 31% reduction in relative risk for inpatient admissions, and the clinic reduced cost by more than $1 million. Objectives: ...

Every year, more than 425,000 high-risk patients nationwide are released from the hospital only to return within 30 days. This situation not only negatively affects the patients, but it also saddles ...

CMS will hold a public meeting Dec. 3 on the Community-Based Care Transitions Program, a five-year pilot program available to hospitals with high readmission rates, according to AHA News Now. The ...

Survivors of adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancers, defined as individuals diagnosed with a primary malignancy between age 15 and 39 years, are a growing population with unique developmental, ...