“My mom had multiple prescriptions for the same thing. The Personal Health Record has helped us make sense of things.”
Before hospitalization, Mabel had been in charge of her own medications. But after discharge, her escalating confusion concerned her family, so they concentrated the coaching session on medication reconciliation. In that process, Mabel’s daughter realized t...
Read More“My mother couldn’t get to her doctor appointments. Her coach found a solution.”
Maria’s mom was released from the hospital following treatment for an infection on her leg caused by a dog bite. Her mom was also showing signs of memory problems that made it difficult for her to get to doctor appointments without assistance. Unfortunately...
Read More“The medication cost was too high. My coach helped me fix that.”
After being released from the hospital, Wayne was prescribed medication for his condition. The problem was that the medication had a co-pay of $120, too much for Wayne and his wife to pay on their fixed income. Wayne’s transitions coach advised him to conta...
Read More“Wow! The hospital actually followed me home! In all my years of medical care, not once did the hospital contact me at home. This is exciting.”
— CCTP Patient Partners’ Community Care Transitions Coaches are trained to help you get the most out of the health care system, and community programs and services. They understand how hard it can be to manage doctor appointments, remember which medications...
Read MorePartners contributes chapter to The Oxford Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging
Partners CEO, June Simmons, and Sandy Atkins, Vice-President, Strategic Initiatives, have contributed a chapter to The Oxford Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging, 2nd edition, the first social work reference book to combine the fields of health...
Read MoreYale School of Medicine receives grant funding to implement HomeMeds
Yale School of Medicine has received grant funding to implement HomeMeds, an evidence-based, in-home, medication review and intervention program developed and licensed by Partners in Care Foundation. The implementation of HomeMeds is part of a three year re...
Read MoreTejas Behavioral Health and Cigna/Health Spring to offer HomeMeds medication reconciliation
HomeMeds, an evidence-based, in-home, medication review and intervention program developed and licensed by Partners in Care Foundation is being offered by Texas-based Tejas Behavioral Health in collaboration with Cigna/Health Spring to members with acute ps...
Read MoreUCLA Medical Group contracts with Partners
The success of Partners Community-Based Care Transitions Program in West LA, which has seen a change in readmission reduction rates among those served of 28.1%, has resulted in a private contract with UCLA Medical Group to serve their members. Utilizing Par...
Read MorePartners receives grant to help combat the escalating fall rate among older adults
Partners in Care Foundation, a Los Angeles based non-profit that provides community-based care services, has become the only organization in the Western United States to receive new grant funding aimed at reducing the rapidly escalating number of older Amer...
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