Care Transitions

Care Transitions Synopsis

In this issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Stephanie K. Mueller brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Care Transitions.

Top experts discuss best practices, challenges, and innovations in patient care transitions across different healthcare settings, providing insights into evidence-based strategies for reducing readmissions, enhancing medication safety, engaging patients and families, and addressing social determinants that impact transitions of care. This issue also examines the role of technology, policy initiatives, and interdisciplinary collaboration in improving continuity of care.Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including geriatric care transitions: addressing the complex needs of older adults; social determinants of health: unique considerations in transitions of care; primary care, specialists, and hospitals: bridging the gaps in care coordination; and moreProvides in-depth care transitions, offering actionable insights for clinical practicePresents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field.

Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews