Transitional care, the Glossary
Transitional care refers to the coordination and continuity of health care during a movement from one healthcare setting to either another or to home, called care transition, between health care practitioners and settings as their condition and care needs change during the course of a chronic or acute illness.[1]
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14 relations: Adolescent health, American Geriatrics Society, GP Liaison, Health care, Health care provider, Hospital, Hospital readmission, Information continuity, Long-term care, Medical error, Nursing home, Patient safety, System of concepts to support continuity of care, University of Colorado Denver.
Adolescent health
Adolescent health, or youth health, is the range of approaches to preventing, detecting or treating young people's health and well-being.
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American Geriatrics Society
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) is a non-profit professional society founded on June 11, 1942, for health care professionals practicing geriatric medicine.
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GP Liaison
A GP Liaison (also: General Practice Liaison Officer or GPLO) is a manager or management team facilitating a close working relationship between hospitals and general practitioners (GPs) in the community.
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Health care
Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people.
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Health care provider
A health care provider is an individual health professional or a health facility organization licensed to provide health care diagnosis and treatment services including medication, surgery and medical devices. Transitional care and health care provider are types of health care facilities.
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Hospital
A hospital is a healthcare institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment.
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Hospital readmission
A hospital readmission is an episode when a patient who had been discharged from a hospital is admitted again within a specified time interval.
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Information continuity
In the healthcare industry, information continuity is the process by which information relevant to a patient's care is made available to both the patient and the provider at the right place and the right time, to facilitate ongoing health care management and continuity of care.
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Long-term care
Long-term care (LTC) is a variety of services which help meet both the medical and non-medical needs of people with a chronic illness or disability who cannot care for themselves for long periods.
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Medical error
A medical error is a preventable adverse effect of care ("iatrogenesis"), whether or not it is evident or harmful to the patient.
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Nursing home
A nursing home is a facility for the residential care of older people, senior citizens, or disabled people. Transitional care and nursing home are types of health care facilities.
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Patient safety
Patient safety is a discipline that emphasizes safety in health care through the prevention, reduction, reporting and analysis of error and other types of unnecessary harm that often lead to adverse patient events.
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System of concepts to support continuity of care
The system of concepts to support continuity of care, often referred to as ContSys, is an ISO and CEN standard (EN ISO 13940).
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University of Colorado Denver
The University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) is a public research university located in downtown Denver, Colorado.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitional_care
Also known as Care transition, Continuity of care, Continuity of health care, Continuum of Care, Coordination of care, Health care continuity, Health continuity, Healthcare transition, Turfing (transfer).