Patient Safety in Transition From Pediatric to Adult-Centered Care
Last year, NQF’s Consumer Stakeholder Advisory Council hosted a webinar, “Transition from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare: Patient Safety and Health Quality Gaps and Solutions,” to explore critical issues such as patient safety gaps and successful transition strategies. The event raised awareness about clinical recommendations, evidence of effectiveness for a structured transition process, successful transition practices, and the role of families and caregivers, and highlighted one individual’s lived experience. Several members of the Council then co-authored a commentary on the topic with practical guidance on key elements of transition, implementation experience and challenges, and measurement options. The commentary has just been published in the peer-reviewed Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.