University of Colorado-Denver's Eric Coleman on the Need for Better Care Transitions

In a conversation for California Healthline, Eric Coleman, director of the Care Transitions Program at the University of Colorado-Denver, said that health care quality and safety issues often arise when a patient moves from one care setting to another.

Coleman said that the Society of Hospital Medicine’s Project BOOST — which stands for Better Outcomes for Older adults through Safe Transitions — is developing tool kits and other resources to help hospitals and health care providers improve care transitions (California Healthline, 8/27).

The complete transcript of this Special Report is available as a PDF.

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<h1>University of Colorado-Denver’s Eric Coleman on the Need for Better Care Transitions</h1>
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			August 27, 2010		</time>
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<p>In a conversation for <i>California Healthline</i>, Eric Coleman, director of the Care Transitions Program at the University of Colorado-Denver, said that health care quality and safety issues often arise when a patient moves from one care setting to another. </p><p>Coleman said that the Society of Hospital Medicine’s Project BOOST — which stands for Better Outcomes for Older adults through Safe Transitions — is developing tool kits and other resources to help hospitals and health care providers improve care transitions (<i>California Healthline</i>, 8/27).</p><p>The complete transcript of this Special Report is available as a <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2010/08/chlspecialreporttranscript082710.pdf">PDF</a>.</p><ul><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/university-of-coloradodenvers-eric-coleman-on-the-need-for-better-care-transitions/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/university-of-coloradodenvers-eric-coleman-on-the-need-for-better-care-transitions/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/university-of-coloradodenvers-eric-coleman-on-the-need-for-better-care-transitions/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20University%20of%20Colorado-Denver%27s%20Eric%20Coleman%20on%20the%20Need%20for%20Better%20Care%20Transitions&body=https%3A%2F%2Fcaliforniahealthline.org%2Fnews%2Funiversity-of-coloradodenvers-eric-coleman-on-the-need-for-better-care-transitions%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/university-of-coloradodenvers-eric-coleman-on-the-need-for-better-care-transitions/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/university-of-coloradodenvers-eric-coleman-on-the-need-for-better-care-transitions/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p>

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