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New Lunch N' Learn Opportunity
Register for the next NTOCC LNL Webinar: “Bridging the Gaps in Care Transitions: The Powerful Partnership Between Pharmacists and Case Managers in Transplant and Neuro Care” Join NTOCC for the next Lunch N’ Learn webinar: September 1, 2026 AT 1 PM CT/2 PM ET Summary: Healthcare transitions remain one of the most vulnerable periods in a patient's journey, particularly for individuals with complex medical conditions. Improving outcomes requires more than effective handoffs. It
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The Relay: Episode 13 Now Available
LISTEN NOW: https://youtu.be/-vAoiq5PMY4 How can technology help caregivers recognize a patient’s decline before it becomes an emergency? In this episode of The Relay, host Val Emmons is joined by Jackie Vance, President of the National Transitions of Care Coalition, and Amy Chidester, owner of R.A. Chidester Consulting, for a practical discussion about how assistive technology is changing skilled nursing, long-term care, assisted living and transitions of care. The conversat
Aug 132 min read


New Lunch N' Learn Opportunity
Register for the next NTOCC LNL Webinars; The CMS GUIDE Model & Transplants Partnerships Between Case Managers and Pharmacists - https://mailchi.mp/.../summer-2025-impact-newsletter... Join NTOCC for the next Lunch N’ Learn webinar: August 26, 2026 AT 1:00 PM CT/2:00 PM ET “GUIDE Through Transitions: The CMS GUIDE Model, the Transitions-of-Care Opportunity, and Lessons from Year One” Summary: The Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model is a voluntary, nationwide
Aug 121 min read


The Relay: Episode 12 Now Available
LISTEN NOW: https://youtu.be/WNo8p4Zr2S0?si=ZV97NkrrZweNp_4J A successful transplant is not the end of the journey. It is the beginning of a lifetime of medications, monitoring, appointments, caregiver support and coordinated care. In this episode of The Relay, host Val Emmons speaks with Janet Coulter, MSN, MS, RN, CCM, FCM, RIT, about the complex world of transplant case management and why transitions of care can determine whether a transplant succeeds long after surgery. J
Aug 41 min read


NTOCC Newsletter: Summer 2026 Now Available
The 2026 Summer National Transitions of Care Coalition IMPACT Newsletter is now available. This issue focuses on Transplants and transitions of care with CMSA Past President Janet Coulter. Read this issue here: https://lnkd.in/gs9YyNDb
Aug 41 min read


The Relay: Episode 11 Now Available
LISTEN NOW: https://youtu.be/IBc3B-QXlQM?si=vtmDZ_A3M7gnrgvJ What happens when artificial intelligence meets patient care? On this episode of The Relay, host Val Emmons sits down with the team from Bettr AI to break down how AI is already changing healthcare — and why the future may be closer than people realize. Scott Birdwell and Michael Knowles explain how Bettr AI’s virtual healthcare assistant “Sophie” helps patients stay connected to their care teams between doctor visi
May 221 min read


New Lunch N' Learn Opportunity
Register for the next NTOCC LNL Webinar: “Not New, Just Newly Noticed: Social Work’s Essential Role in Interdisciplinary Teams and Transitions of Care” MAY 11, 2026 AT 1:00PM CT/2:00PM ET Summary: Safe, effective transitions of care depend on more than sound clinical planning; they require an understanding of the real-life factors that shape a person’s ability to recover, engage, and follow through across settings. This session explores the essential role social workers play
May 111 min read


The Relay: Episode 10 Now Available
LISTEN NOW: https://youtu.be/y5FtDdeXgtw?si=O0Aie2bve61u9PPQ in Episode 10 of The Relay, host Val Emmons sits down with Cheri Lattimer, Executive Director of the National Transitions of Care Coalition, (NTOCC) to unpack the newly released NTOCC 2026 State of Transitions of Care Findings, and the urgent healthcare challenges the report reveals. Link to Report: https://www.ntocc.org/washington-dc-s... Based on findings from the NTOCC DC Summit, the conversation explores why tra
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Revised Care Transitions Bundle
The National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC) Announces The Release of Its Revised Care Transitions Bundle; The Seven Essential Intervention Categories, for Successful Handoffs During Transitions of Care Care Transition Bundle Now Available at NTOCC.org, TOC Triune Graphic, TOC Appendix, Care Transitions, Bundle Graphic April 19, 2022 —Today, The National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC) announced immediate availability of the 2022 NTOCC Care Transition Bundle; The
Jan 18, 20233 min read


NTOCC Press Release
The National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC) Announces The Release of Its Revised Care Transitions Bundle; The Seven Essential Intervention Categories, for Successful Handoffs During Transitions of Care
Apr 19, 20222 min read


Pharmacist Transitions of Care Task Force, Advancing a New Standard of Care in Our Post-COVID-19 Era of Healthcare
Written by: Sara Panella, PharmD, BCPS, and Norris Turner, PharmD, PhD Stepping up in a big way over the last year to bring preventive COVID-19 therapies, in the form of vaccinations, to the masses has been the profession of pharmacy, the pharmacists who administer them, and the pharmacies as the settings of care. This COVID-19 era in healthcare has been unprecedented and that has been no different for the profession of pharmacy. The pharmacy profession has stepped up and
Jan 19, 20224 min read


NTOCC Lunch & Learn Webinars
JOIN NTOCC ON JUNE 29, 2022 AT 12 PM CDT FOR THE NEXT NTOCC LUNCH N' LEARN WEBINAR: "IDENTIFYING THE ROLE OF THE TRANSITIONS OF CARE PHARMACIST" Presented by: Sara Panella, PharmD., BCPS Manager of Pharmacy Ambulatory Care, Population Helath & Transitions of Care Clinical Pharmacy Enterprise REGISTER HERE Charles Page, PharmD, RPh Summary: Medication-related adverse events (AEs) in general practice represent an important cause of morbidity and are thought to cause between 10%
Jun 7, 20216 min read


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Apr 9, 20201 min read


Past Lunch N' Learn Webinar Recordings
Improving HealthCare Coordination Through Technology March 22, 2020
Oct 18, 20191 min read
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