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A National Web Conference on Transitions in Care

Event Date: February 24, 2010 | 3:00pm – 4:30pm ET

Overall Purpose:

Dr. Jencks provided an overview of the current state and challenges IT systems face in managing transitions in care, followed by Dr. Jack who shared his research findings on how evidence-based health IT tools can enable systems integration across care settings and issues surrounding patient support and education. He focused on the role of health IT in improving quality of care and supporting patients transitioning from the hospital to the ambulatory settings. Dr. Field spoke to the role of health IT in supporting transitions in care in integrated delivery systems and other clinical settings. She discussed her work in skilled nursing facilities for transitioning complex elderly patients to home care. Finally, Dr. Jencks concluded the presentation by discussing health IT implementation issues at an institutional level and how the research findings presented by the Drs. Jack and Field affect these implementation efforts.

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