Heart failure (HF) is a life-limiting illness and presents as a gradual functional decline with
intermittent episodes of acute deterioration and some recovery. In addition, HF often occurs …

Background: Transitions of care (ToC) aim to provide continuity while preventing loss of
information that may result in poor outcomes such as hospital readmission. Readmissions …

The impact of clinical pharmacy transitions of care (TOC) services on relevant quality
measures (QMs) has been a major focus in the recent biomedical literature. The 2020 ACCP …

Background There is currently limited guidance from the American Diabetes Association
regarding transitions of care for patients with diabetes. Objective This study's aim was to …

Studies evaluating pharmacist-led transitions of care (TOC) services for heart failure patients
reported profound decreases in hospital readmissions. Most studies restricted their analysis …

Purpose Pharmacists are well positioned to provide transitions of care (TOC) services to
patients with heart failure (HF); however, hospitalizations for patients with HF likely exceed …

Abstract Background The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) established the
Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) to reduce reimbursement payments to …

Introduction Although reassuring outcome data exist, not all pharmacist discharge efforts
have been effective. This may be explained by heterogenous medication reconciliation …

In order to understand if a physician prescribed medical information changes, the number of
hospital readmission, and death among the heart failure patients. A 12-month randomized …

Background Transitional care components are well studied, but their coordination has not
been systematically reviewed. Viewing transitional care through a social network framework …