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Everyone in healthcare, it seems, has the heard the term. Some may even practice it in some form or another. But truly, what is it? Is this just another shot in the dark by our government funded healthcare to rein in healthcare spending? Who truly benefits? The patient, the provider, the payer? Is the sole purpose of Transitional Care to prevent readmissions, or is there another, more long term reason transitional care is creating buzz right now?
Transitional Care, at its core is not a new concept. In fact various evidence-based models of Transitional Care have been developed and studied since the mid 1990's, with overall positive short and long-term outcomes. However, it wasn't until just recently, with the unveiling of the Affordable Care Act, that the concept of Transitional Care has been given its due attention.