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Follow on Google News | Transition of Care program recognized as Health Care HeroesCentral Ohio Primary Care and its Transition of Care specialists receive honor at medical awards ceremony.
COPC Transition of Care Specialists are advocates for patients during and after their hospital stay. These specialists help ease the transition for patients by working with their primary care physician. “When we first visit a patient, we introduce the hospitalist group, give our brochure and help explain who we are and what our role is, and can be for them,” COPC Transition of Care Specialists are not only a resource for patients, but also for family members, too. They assist patients in making follow-up appointments, scheduling critical medical testing, and ensuring the correct medications and prescriptions are ordered. After a patient is home for a couple of days, the team will follow up to see how the patient is doing and to see if further assistance is needed to help aide in recovery. “It gives us a great feeling when the patient feels at ease when in a difficult situation,” Recent statistics have shown that our COPC Transition of Care Specialists have helped to decrease avoidable readmissions to hospitals. “These nurses really fill the gap between the care our patients receive in the hospital up to when they can be safely seen by their primary care doctors,” Central Ohio Primary Care (http://copcp.com) is a group of over 250 healthcare providers caring for 300,000 people in Central Ohio. It is one of the largest physician-owned primary care medical groups in the United States, End
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