Charting a Course for High Quality Care Transitions (Hardcover, 1st)

Preface Introduction (Marian Essey) Discharge Planning, Transitional Care, Coordination of Care, and Continuity of Care: Clarifying the Use and Terms from the Hospital Perspective (Diane E. Holland and Marcelline R. Harris) Development and Testing of an Analytic Model to Identify Home Healthcare Patients at Risk for a Hospitalization Within the First 60 Days of Care (Robert J. Rosati and Liping Huang) Bouncing-Back: Rehospitalization in Patients with Complicated Transitions in the First Thirty Days After Hospital Discharge for Acute Stroke (Amy J. H. Kind, Maureen A. Smith, Nancy Pandhi, Jennifer R. Frytak, and Michael D. Finch) Care Coordination for Cognitively Impaired Older Adults and Their Caregivers (Mary D. Naylor, Karen B. Hirschman, Kathryn H. Bowles, M. Brian Bixby, JoAnne Konick-McMahan, and Caroline Stephens) Patterns of Emergency Care Use in Residential Care Settings: Opportunities to Improve Quality of Transitional Care in the Elderly (Pamela Parsons and Peter A. Boling) The Central Role of Performance Measurement in Improving the Quality of Transitional Care (Eric A. Coleman, Carla Parry, Sandra A. Chalmers, Amita Chugh, and Eldon Mahoney) ReACH National Demonstration Collaborative: Early Results of Implementation (Patricia Simino Boyce and Penny Hollander Feldman) A Research and Policy Agenda for Transitions from Nursing Homes to Home (Peter A. Boling and Pamela Parsons) Index Reference Notes Included