Transitions of care: engaging patients and families. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Transitions of care: engaging patients and families. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published November 2015

Transitions of care: engaging patients and families.

Quick Safety. November 30, 2015;(18):1-3.

Patient engagement is increasingly recognized as a key strategy to enhance safety in health care. This article describes how failure to communicate effectively with patients can reduce safety and outlines tactics to involve patients and families in care transitions.

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