Transition Of Care Transition

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A transition of care is a continuous process that involves care of the patient when they leave one healthcare facility and moves to another to ensure coordination and continuity of care (National Transitions of Care Coalition, 2017). High-quality transitional care is imperative to reduce adverse events, prevent high rehospitalization rates and avoid preventable poor health outcomes among at-risk populations. Health care in the United States (U.S.) is a complex and fragmented that provides opportunities for errors during the transitional phase affecting patient safety and increasing rehospitalizations (Spehar, 2008). U.S. has the highest health care costs in the world, rehospitalizations being one of the contributors to the high health cost