TY  - JOUR
T1  - The transitionalist: Optimizing inpatient-to-outpatient transitions of care
AU  - Ota KS
Y1  - 2012/01/09
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.611
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 81
EP  - 82
VL  - 172
IS  - 1
N2  - 
I read the recent article on the implementation of a transitional care program (TCP) for patients with heart failure at Baylor Medical Center Garland (BMCG)1 with great interest. Heart failure is arguably one of the most frustrating disease processes to manage in medicine because of the multitude of factors that may lead to undesirable (and sometimes uncontrollable) outcomes.2- 3 The enormous cost burden of heart failure to the health care system, especially from rehospitalizations, is well described in the literature.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.611
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.611
ER  -