Sep 262011
Fixing what’s wrong with care transitions will require changes in how systems work, both internally and with other systems. In this video, Dr. Joanne Lynn explains the importance of understanding your own health care system in order to fix problems in care transitions. Community and medical care providers need to work together to understand drivers in their own system before they can engineer effective solutions. You can also learn more about how to work locally by reading the Get Started guide, which you can find here:
https://medicaring.org/get-started/#why-local-reform
Key words: Care transitions, quality improvement, community-based organizations