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Transitional Care: How Can We Make it Better for Patients?

Healthcare Leadership

Over the past decade we have seen more and more specialization and levels of care introduced. We now have telehealth visits, retail clinics, direct-primary-care, and more. More fragmentation = more transitions. More transitions = more issues. Can’t wait to discuss this with the HCLDR community. Valverde, P.A.,

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State Maternal Mortality Review Committees Address Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health to Improve Maternal Health

NASHP

5] These suggested changes often target individuals, hospitals, providers, and the broader health care system. In Illinois , the MMRC notes that health care providers must, by state law, use the Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program to review patients’ past prescriptions and identify potential dependence and drug-seeking behavior.