Learning Objectives
In this section, the student will:
- Describe care navigation application in cross settings communication
- Analyze processes for improvement opportunities in cross setting communication
- Implement processes to provide sufficient, timely, and useful information to achieve successful care transitions
- Explore the roles of the team members
- Identify key characteristics of effective communication for care transitions
Resources
- Transitional Care: Moving Patients From One Care Setting to Another; from American Journal of Nursing Author manuscript; available in PMC 2009 Oct 27
- Collaborating With Cross-setting Partners; from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Link http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/medread-sec5.html
- Improving the Quality of Care and Communication During Patient Transitions: Best Practices for Urgent Care Centers; from the Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation
- Improving Transitions of Care; from the National Transitions of Care Coalition
- Care Transitions: Strengthening Communication, Improving Outcomes; from Oregon Patient Safety Commission
- Transition Communications – Tools and Resources; from RARE
