Health care transition: Key points for creating and implementing a project
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https://doi.org/10.31211/rpics.2023.9.1.290Keywords:
Health Care Transition, People-Centered Care, Patient Discharge, Best Practices, Qualitative StudyAbstract
Objective: Transitional care (TC) from hospital to home is a potential assessment indicator for the assessment of integrated and people-centered care. This qualitative exploratory-descriptive study aimed to identify principles of good practices in home-based TC after hospital discharge through content analysis of experiences shared by healthcare professionals in a workshop. Method: The workshop involved two moderators, four speakers, and 24 healthcare professionals divided into three groups. The speakers presented good practices in TC in healthcare, and the groups proposed TC strategies based on the speakers' presentations, their experiences, and their knowledge of healthcare. The proposals were recorded in audio and analyzed in terms of content. Results: According to the participants, the creation and implementation of a TC project involve contextualizing and defining the problem/need, objectives, target population, stakeholders and their roles, links, health-social-community partnerships, communication networks, and evaluation indicators of process and results. Conclusions: The importance of TC in hospital discharge was highlighted, providing insights for the creation and implementation of a successful TC project.
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