title: Transitions to Adult Care for Rhode Island Youth with Special Healthcare Needs.
abstract: The transitioning of youth from pediatric to adult care systems is often fraught with discontinuity, miscommunication and gaps in care. This is most significant for youth with special health care needs. A panel discussion on transitioning youth to adult care systems that was part of a learning collaborative held by The RI Care Transformation Collaborative (CTC) is presented here, illustrated by a pertinent case of a youth with type 1 diabetes. [Full article available at http://rimed.org/rimedicaljournal-2016-08.asp, free with no login].
authors.affiliation: Section of Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
authors.affiliation: ection of Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Terry
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work, Rhode Island and Hasbro Children's Hospitals.
authors.forename: Jodie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Neukirch
authors.affiliation: Office of Children with Special Health Care Needs, Rhode Island Department of Health.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Garneau
authors.affiliation: Office of Children with Special Health Care Needs, Rhode Island Department of Health.
authors.forename: Deb
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Golding
authors.affiliation: Assistant (Clinical) Professor of Family Medicine. Department of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D012237:Rhode Island; D060305:Transition to Adult Care / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: adolescent transition; children with special health care needs; health care transition