Key result
Care transition strategies in Latin American countries are typically initiated close to patient discharge, contrary to recommendations for implementation from admission to discharge.
Why the study?
The study was conducted to identify and analyze available literature on care transition strategies in Latin American countries.
What care transition strategies are utilized in Latin American countries?
What care transition strategies are utilized in Latin American countries?
Care transition activities in Latin America are generally initiated very close to patient discharge, differing from recommended models that suggest implementation from admission.
Care transition strategies remain understudied in Latin America; leaves open optimal components for clinical use and future trials.
OBJECTIVE: To identify and analyze available literature on care transition strategies in Latin American countries. METHODS: Integrative literature review that included studies indexed in PubMed, LILACS, Web of Science Core Collection, CINAHL, SCOPUS databases, and the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), published in Portuguese, Spanish or English, between 2010 and 2017. RESULTS: Eleven articles were selected and the strategies were grouped into components of care transition: discharge planning, advanced care planning, patient education and promotion of self-management, medication safety, complete communication of information, and outpatient follow-up. These strategies were carried out by multidisciplinary team members, in which nurses play a leading role in promoting safe care transitions. CONCLUSIONS: Care transition activities are generally initiated very close to patient discharge, this differs from recommendations of care transition programs and models, which suggest implementing care transition strategies from the time of admission until discharge.
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Lima et al. (2018) conducted a review in Care transition (n=11). Care transition strategies was evaluated on Identification and analysis of care transition strategies. Care transition strategies in Latin American countries are typically initiated close to patient discharge, contrary to recommendations for implementation from admission to discharge.
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