NTOCC & PRIME® Safe and Smart Recovery From COVID-19
December 16, 2021, PRIME(R) and the National Transitions of Care Coalition launched this new pathway for consumers in order to address the needs of people navigating the complexities of safely managing COVID-19 at home, monitoring symptoms and maintaining communication with healthcare providers, and they can do that with the Safe & Smart Recover from COVID-19 Pathway.
PRIME® partners with the National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC), the American Thoracic Society (ATS), and the American College of CHEST Physicians (CHEST) to launch a COVID-19 Transitions of Care Pathway
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, March 2, 2021. From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic with multitudes of patients affected by COVID-19 moving through different levels of care, the need is greater than ever for teams to implement evidence-based practices to support the transfer of information from one team to the next, cohesive medication management, seamless discharge planning, and coordinated follow-up care. To address these needs PRIME and NTOCC, ATS and CHEST collaborated on a care pathway Safe and Effective COVID-19 Transitions of Care: Interprofessional Strategies across the Spectrum of Illness and Healthcare Settings to support care transitions for patients with COVID-19.
Developed by a steering committee of thought leaders from different practice and professional settings, the guide provides strategies, resources, and tools that enable multidisciplinary transitions of care across health care settings. Users will be able to identify and implement collaborative team-based approaches to COVID-19 management, from diagnosis and acute care through discharge and long-term follow-up to reduce readmissions. It also contains point-of-care resources for patient education and health management for use in daily practice.
This educational resource provides healthcare professionals the latest information and best practices for safe, efficient and effective transitions for COVID-19 patients across healthcare systems. Cheri Lattimer, the Executive Director of NTOCC, stated, “The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about unprecedented challenges for health care providers and their patients, highlighting the need for safe transitions and care coordination. We believe this pathway helps to address those issues and points to developing patient-centered COVID-19 care.” This pathway will continue to be updated as new pivotal evidence emerges. The COVID-19 Pathway is sponsored by PRIME through an educational grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc.
About PRIME®: PRIME is a leading research and medical education company that advances the science of learning and behavior change among providers, patients, payers, and health ecosystems to improve competency, performance, and quality health outcomes. PRIME addresses gaps responsible for variations in care by leveraging real-world data, the latest clinical evidence, and innovative learning models to invoke positive change in health and wellness at the individual, system, and community levels. The scalable and sustainable solutions PRIME delivers have measurably improved patient care for over 27 years.
About the National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC):
The National Transitions of Care Coalition is a 501(c) (4) dedicated to addressing a serious U.S. healthcare issue: filling the gaps that occur when patients leave one care setting and move to another care setting. These transitions include patients moving from primary care to specialty physicians; moving or transferring patients from the emergency department to intensive care or surgery; or when patients are discharged from the hospital to home, assisted living arrangements, or skilled nursing facilities. Working in conjunction with 450 Associate Member organizations and over 4,000 individual professional subscribers, NTOCC has developed tools and resources made available to everyone in the healthcare industry including providers, payers, patients and consumers.
About the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST)
The American College of Chest Physicians is the global leader in advancing best patient outcomes through innovative chest medicine education, clinical research, and team-based care. With more than 19,000 members representing 100+ countries around the world, our mission is to champion the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chest diseases through education, communication, and research. This includes connecting health-care professionals to the latest clinical research and a wide array of evidence-based guidelines through the CHEST Journal, while also serving as a total education resource for clinicians through year-round meetings, books, mobile apps, and live courses in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. The first medical association with a clinical simulation program accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, the American College of Chest Physicians also provides hands-on training through innovative simulation education. The CHEST Foundation, our philanthropic arm, provides members with grants, patient education tools, and other resources to help their patients live and breathe easier.
About American Thoracic Society (ATS)
The roots of the American Thoracic Society reach back to 1905, when a small group of physicians decided that the best way to improve care for tuberculosis patients was to share their experiences and discoveries. Today, the ATS has grown into an international society with more than 16,000 members. In this introductory section, you will find information about the people and programs that make the ATS the world's leading medical association dedicated to advancing our clinical and scientific understanding of pulmonary diseases, critical illnesses and sleep-related breathing disorders.