Looking for tools or resources to help you learn more about Transitions of Care? The TOC Compendium is a collection of resources including white papers, journal articles, and website links available to professionals and patients for their practices or medical situations.
TOC Evaluation Software
Based on the original transitions of care (TOC) evaluation documents introduced in 2009, this web-based evaluation tool is for institutions
ready to move to the next phase of their TOC quality improvement efforts.
Safe and Effective COVID-19 Transitions of Care
Safe and Effective COVID-19 Transitions of Care
Points at which patients with COVID-19 transition across care settings require careful coordination and interprofessional communication. If not rigorously orchestrated, care transitions can open up gaps in identifying risk factors for COVID-19 disease progression, ensuring safe recovery at home or in post-acute and long-term care facilities, managing comorbid conditions, and preventing readmission—all of which contribute to poor outcomes and the continued burden of the pandemic.
This downloadable resource is designed to close these gaps and support care transitions for patients with COVID-19.
Who is the National Transitions of Care Coalition
The National Transitions of Care Coalition is a 501(c)(4) organization dedicated to addressing a serious U.S. health care 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; and when patients are discharged from the hospital to home, assisted living arrangements, or skilled nursing facilities. The U.S. health care system often fails to meet the needs of patients during these transitions because care is rushed and responsibility is fragmented, with little communication across care settings and multiple providers.
Since 2006, NTOCC’s Advisors Council of over 30 organizations has shared a common goal of improving the quality of Transitions of Care. Working in conjunction with 450 Associate Member organizations and over 3,000 individual professional subscribers, NTOCC has developed tools and resources made available to everyone in the health care industry including providers, payers, patients and consumers. NTOCC’s mission is supported by the Partners Council made up of innovative companies leading critical change in health care coordination.
