Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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Health systems are faced with a large array of transitional care interventions and patient populations to whom such activities might apply. ⋯ Successful interventions are comprehensive, extend beyond hospital stay, and have the flexibility to respond to individual patient needs. The strength of evidence should be considered low because of heterogeneity in the interventions studied, patient populations, clinical settings, and implementation strategies.