IRMA-International.org: Creator of Knowledge
Information Resources Management Association
Advancing the Concepts & Practices of Information Resources Management in Modern Organizations

A Need for Greater Collaboration: Initiatives to Improve Transitions of Care

A Need for Greater Collaboration: Initiatives to Improve Transitions of Care
View Sample PDF
Author(s): Mariette Sourial (Palm Beach Atlantic University, USA), Jo Ann M. Bamdas (Florida Atlantic University, USA), Angelica Constanzo (University of Kansas Hospital, USA)and Marina E. Ishak (Palm Beach Atlantic University, USA)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 23
Source title: Health Literacy: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1928-7.ch016

Purchase

View A Need for Greater Collaboration: Initiatives to Improve Transitions of Care on the publisher's website for pricing and purchasing information.

Abstract

Patient safety concerns have risen to such levels that multiple organizations and initiatives have been created to reduce hospital readmissions and medication errors in the United States healthcare system. Interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP) has become a center of focus in healthcare education and the competency-based programs help health providers function more effectively as a team, train new university and college healthcare students to become ready for collaborative practice, and assist in making new policies and practices to improve today's healthcare system. This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of healthcare initiatives created to help lower hospital readmission rates and polypharmacy errors. These projects, programs, and initiatives optimize patient care while minimizing costs. With pharmacists, physicians, nurses, social workers, and other professionals and caregivers build better teams with improved communication and understanding each other's roles and responsibilities, the global healthcare system will overcome the numerous challenges.

Related Content

. © 2022. 21 pages.
. © 2022. 20 pages.
. © 2022. 23 pages.
. © 2022. 21 pages.
. © 2022. 20 pages.
. © 2022. 19 pages.
. © 2022. 20 pages.
Body Bottom