Actions designed to ensure the coordination and continuity of health care as patients transfer between different locations or different levels of care within the same location are known as:
a. transition of care.
b. continuum of care.
c. rounds.
d. disease management strategies.
A
The definition of transition of care is "a set of actions designed to ensure the coordination and continuity of health care as patients transfer between different locations or different levels of care within the same location" (AHRQ, 2011b, p. 1). Transitions of care have become more imperative than ever before in current health care reform.
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