A Primary Care Quality Improvement Approach to Health Care Transition

by Patience H. White, Margaret A. McManus, Jeanne W. McAllister, and W. Carl Cooley. Pediatric Annals. 2012;41:e1-e7.
This article describes a quality improvement approach for implementing health care transition supports in pediatric and adult primary care practice settings, which is based on the 2011 AAP/ACP/AAFP's Clinical Report on Health Care Transition and the Six Core Elements of Health Care Transition. It includes detailed sample tools, strategies, and lessons learned from primary care practices in the District of Columbia that have implemented the Six Core Elements. See more →