Advancing Successful Care Transitions to Improve Outcomes.

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Advancing Successful Care Transitions to Improve Outcomes.

June 12, 2013

Society of Hospital Medicine

This Web site provides resources associated with the Better Outcomes for Older adults through Safe Transitions project, called Project Boost. This national initiative designed tactics to improve the safety and quality of patient transitions from hospital to home. The program provided hospitals with implementation assistance to use tools in general and specifically for their environments, such as pediatrics.

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