The National Leader
In Patient and Family Centered Care Transitions
Under the direction of Eric A. Coleman, MD, MPH, The Care Transitions Program provides insights and tools for how to improve quality and manage risk during care hand-overs.
Interested in information or training on the Care Transitions Intervention? Please visit Care Coordination Systems or email [email protected].
You have our permission to use our tools provided that you include the attribution “© Eric A. Coleman, MD, MPH, all rights reserved.”
Care Transitions Measure® Tools
The CTM-15®
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Instructions for Scoring the CTM-15®
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The CTM-3®
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Instructions for Scoring the CTM-3®
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Family Caregiver Activation in Transitions® (FCAT®) Tool
The FCAT tool® was developed to foster more productive interactions between health care professionals and family caregivers. Because it was developed with direct input from family caregivers, the items are both relevant to actual experience and are relatively easy to understand. We designed the FCAT tool® to be administered by a health professional or self-administered by the family caregiver at the point of care at the time of transition or shortly thereafter. The responses could then be reviewed by the care team. Those areas that the family caregiver identified as not feeling confident or prepared through completing the tool would be specifically addressed during discharge preparation instruction.
Family Caregiver Activation in Transitions® (FCAT®) Tool
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