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Snow V, Beck D, Budnitz T, et al. Transitions of Care Consensus Policy Statement American College of Physicians-Society of General Internal Medicine-Society of Hospital Medicine-American Geriatrics Society-American College of Emergency Physicians-Society of Academic Emergency Medicine. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24(8):971-6doi: 10.1007/s11606-009-0969-x.
Snow, V., Beck, D., Budnitz, T., Miller, D. C., Potter, J., Wears, R. L., Weiss, K. B., Williams, M. V. (2009). Transitions of Care Consensus Policy Statement American College of Physicians-Society of General Internal Medicine-Society of Hospital Medicine-American Geriatrics Society-American College of Emergency Physicians-Society of Academic Emergency Medicine. Journal of general internal medicine, 24(8), 971-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-009-0969-x
Snow, Vincenza, et al. "Transitions of Care Consensus Policy Statement American College of Physicians-Society of General Internal Medicine-Society of Hospital Medicine-American Geriatrics Society-American College of Emergency Physicians-Society of Academic Emergency Medicine." Journal of general internal medicine vol. 24,8 (2009): 971-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-009-0969-x
Snow V, Beck D, Budnitz T, Miller DC, Potter J, Wears RL, Weiss KB, Williams MV. Transitions of Care Consensus Policy Statement American College of Physicians-Society of General Internal Medicine-Society of Hospital Medicine-American Geriatrics Society-American College of Emergency Physicians-Society of Academic Emergency Medicine. J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Aug;24(8):971-6. doi: 10.1007/s11606-009-0969-x. Epub 2009 Apr 03. PMID: 19343456; PMCID: PMC2710485.
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J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Aug;24(8):971-6. doi: 10.1007/s11606-009-0969-x. Epub 2009 Apr 03.

Transitions of Care Consensus Policy Statement American College of Physicians-Society of General Internal Medicine-Society of Hospital Medicine-American Geriatrics Society-American College of Emergency Physicians-Society of Academic Emergency Medicine.

Journal of general internal medicine

Vincenza Snow, Dennis Beck, Tina Budnitz, Doriane C Miller, Jane Potter, Robert L Wears, Kevin B Weiss, Mark V Williams,

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  1. American College of Physicians, 190 N Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 19343456 PMCID: PMC2710485 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-0969-x

Abstract

The American College of Physicians (ACP), Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), American Geriatric Society (AGS), American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) developed consensus standards to address the quality gaps in the transitions between inpatient and outpatient settings. The following summarized principles were established: 1.) Accountability; 2) Communication; 3.) Timely interchange of information; 4.) Involvement of the patient and family member; 5.) Respect the hub of coordination of care; 6.) All patients and their family/caregivers should have a medical home or coordinating clinician; 7.) At every point of transitions the patient and/or their family/caregivers need to know who is responsible for their care at that point; 9.) National standards; and 10.) Standardized metrics related to these standards in order to lead to quality improvement and accountability. Based on these principles, standards describing necessary components for implementation were developed: coordinating clinicians, care plans/transition record, communication infrastructure, standard communication formats, transition responsibility, timeliness, community standards, and measurement.

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