National Transitions of Care Coalition
The National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC) was formed to bring together thought leaders and health care providers from various care settings to address improving the quality of care coordination and communication when patients are transferred from one level of care to another. Transitions in care include a patient moving from primary care to specialty physicians; within the hospital; it would include patients moving from the emergency department to various departments, such as surgery or intensive care, or when patients are discharged from the hospital and go home or to assisted living arrangements or skilled nursing facilities.
NTOCC is working to be an influential stakeholder in public awareness, education and health policy so that our health care system will focus efforts on improving the coordination of care among the various health care settings impacting quality of care, reduction of medication errors and enhancing clinical outcomes. URAC is one of 29 participating organizations working to achieve these goals.