Publications

Papers Published in Refereed Journals

• Coleman EA, Barbaccia JC, Croughan-Minihane MS. Hospitalization Rates in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia: A Pilot Study of the Impact of a Special Care Unit. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 1990;38(2):108-12. Abstract



• Coleman EA, Wagner EH, Grothaus LC, Hecht J, Savarino J and Buchner DM. Predicting Hospitalization and Functional Decline in Older Health Plan Enrollees: Are Administrative Data as Accurate as Self-Report? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 1998;46:419-25. Abstract



• Coleman EA, Kramer AM, Kowalsky JC, Eckhoff D, Lin, M, Hester EJ, Morgenstern N, Steiner JF. A Comparison of Functional Outcomes after Hip Fracture in Group/Staff HMOs and Fee-for-Service Systems. Effective Clinical Practice (An ACP/ASIM Publication). 2000;4:229-239.



• Coleman EA, Magid DJ, Beck A, Eilertsen TB, Conner D, Kramer AM. Reducing Emergency Visits in Older Adults with Chronic Illness: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Group Visits. Effective Clinical Practice (An ACP/ASIM Publication). 2001;(2):49-57.



• Coleman EA, Smith JD, Eilertsen TB, Frank JC, Thiare JN, Ward A, and Kramer AM. Development and Testing of a Measure Designed to Assess the Quality of Care Transitions. International Journal of Care Integration. 2002:2 April-June.



• Coleman EA. Challenges of Systems of Care for Frail Older Persons: The United States of America Experience. Aging Clinical Experimental Research. 2002;14(4):233-238. Abstract



• Coleman EA, Eilertsen TB, Magid DJ, Conner DM, Beck A, Kramer AM. The Association Between Care Coordination and Emergency Department Use in Older Managed Care Enrollees. International Journal of Care Integration. 2002:2 October-December.



• Boult CE, Coleman EA. Diffusing Our Innovations. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2003;51(1):127-128. Link to article on journal's website



• Coleman EA, Boult CE on behalf of the American Geriatrics Society Health Care Systems Committee. Improving the Quality of Transitional Care for Persons with Complex Care Needs. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2003;51(4):556-557.



• Coleman EA. Falling Through the Cracks: Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Transitional Care for Persons with Continuous Complex Care Needs. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2003;51(4):549-555.



• Parry C, Coleman EA, Smith JD, Frank JC, Kramer AM. The Care Transitions Intervention: A Patient-Centered Approach to Facilitating Effective Transfers Between Sites of Geriatric Care. Home Health Services Quarterly. 2003;22(3):1-18.



• Ma E, Coleman EA, Fish R, Lin M, and Kramer AM. Quantifying Post-Hospital Care Transitions in Older Patients. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2004;5(2):71-74. Abstract



• Boult C and Coleman EA. Response Letter to Drs. Boockvar and Vladeck. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2004;52(5):856. Link to article on journal's website



• Smith JD, Coleman EA, Min S. Identifying Post-Acute Medication Discrepancies in Community Dwelling Older Adults: A New Tool. American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy. 2004;2(2):141-148. Abstract



• Coleman EA, and Berenson RA. Lost in Transition: Challenges and Opportunities for Improving the Quality of Transitional Care. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2004;140:533-536. Abstract



• Rice K, Coleman EA, Fish R, Levy C, Kutner JS. Factors Influencing Models of End-of-Life Care in Nursing Homes. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2004;7(5):668-675. Abstract



• Coleman EA, Min S, Chomiak A, Kramer AM. Post-Hospital Care Transitions: Patterns, Complications, and Risk Identification. Health Services Research. 2004;37(5):1423-1440.
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• Coleman, EA, and Fox PD on behalf of the HMO Care Management Workgroup. One Patient, Many Places: Managing Healthcare Transitions. Part I: Introduction, Accountability, and Information Transfer. Annals of Long-Term Care. 2004;12(9):25-32.



• Coleman EA, and Fox PD on behalf of the HMO Care Management Workgroup. One Patient, Many Places: Managing Healthcare Transitions. Part II: Practitioner Skills and Patient and Caregiver Preparation. Annals of Long-Term Care. 2004;12(10):34-39.



• Coleman EA, Smith JD, Frank JC, Min S, Parry C, Kramer AM. Preparing Patients and Caregivers to Participate in Care Delivered Across Settings: The Care Transitions Intervention. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2004;52(11):1817-1825.



• Coleman EA, and Fox PD on behalf of the HMO Care Management Workgroup. One Patient, Many Places: Managing Healthcare Transitions. Part III: Financial Incentives and Getting Started. Annals of Long-Term Care. 2004;12(11):14-16.



• Coleman EA, Mahoney E, Parry C. Assessing the Quality of Preparation for Post-Hospital Care from the Patient's Perspective: The Care Transitions Measure. Medical Care. 2005;43(3):246-255. Abstract



• Coleman EA, Smith JD, Raha D, Min SJ. Post-Hospital Medication Discrepancies: Prevalence, Types and Contributing Factors. Arch of Int Med 2005;165(16)1842-1847. Abstract   Press Release



• Besdine R, Boult C, Brangman S, Coleman EA, Fried LP, Gerety M, Johnson JC, Katz PR, Potter JF, Reuben DB, Sloane PD, Studenski S, Warshaw G. American Geriatrics Society Task Force on the Future of Geriatric Medicine. Caring for Older Americans: the Future of Geriatric Medicine. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 53(6 Suppl):S245-56, 2005.



• Gloth III FM, Coleman EA, Phillips SL, Zorowitz RA. Using Electronic Health Records to Improve Care: Will "High Tech" Allow a Return to "High Touch" Medicine? Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2005;6: 270-5.



• Coleman EA, Parry C, Chalmers S, Min SJ.The Care Transitions Intervention: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial Archives of Internal Medicine. 2006;166:1822-8. Press Release



• Parry C, Kramer H, Coleman EA. A Qualitative Exploration of a Patient-Centered Coaching Intervention to Improve Care Transitions in Chronically Ill Older Adults. Home Health Care Services Quarterly. 2006;25(3-4):39-53. Abstract



• Chalmers SA, Coleman EA. Transitional Care in Later Life: Improving the Move. Generations. Fall 2006:86-89.



• Halasyamani L, Kripalani S, Coleman EA, Schnipper J, van Walraven C, Nagamine J, Torcson P, Bookwalter T, Budnitz T, Manning D. Transition of care for hospitalized elderly - the development of a Discharge Checklist for Hospitalists. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2006;(1):354-360.



• Kripalani S, Jackson AT, Schnipper JL, Coleman EA. Promoting Effective Transitions of Care at Hospital Discharge: A Review of the Literature. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2007; 2(5):314-323.



• Coleman EA, Parry C, Chalmers S, Chugh A, Mahoney E. The Central Role of Performance Measurement in Improving the Quality of Transitional Care. Home Health Care Services Quarterly. 2007;000-000. Abstract



• Coleman EA. How Can We Ground The Frequent Fliers? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2007;55(3):467-468.
Link to article on journal's website


• Coleman EA, Williams MV. Executing High Quality Care Transitions: A Call to Do It Right. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2007; 2(5):287-290.



• Parry C, Mahoney E, Chalmers S, Coleman EA. Assessing the Quality of Transitional Care: Further Applications of the Care Transitions Measure. Medical Care. 2008(3):000-000. Abstract



• Chugh A, Williams MV, Grigsby J, Coleman EA. Better Transitions: Improving Comprehension of Discharge Instructions. Frontiers of Health Services Management. 2009; 25(3):11-32.

Books & Reports

• Coleman EA (Editor). Charting a Course for High Quality Care Transitions. Haworth Press. New York. 2007. Publisher's Book Announcement



• Coleman, EA and the Care Management Workgroup. One Patient, Many Places: Managing Healthcare Transitions. A Report from the Robert Wood Johnson Care Management Workgroup. February 2004.

Book Chapters

• Coleman EA and Besdine RW. "Integrating Quality Assurance Across the Sites of Geriatric Care." In Calkins E, Wagner EH, Boult C, and Pacala J (Eds) New Ways to Care for Older People: Building Systems Based on Evidence. New York: Springer 1998. Book Review and Purchasing Information



• Coleman EA. "Organization of Health Care Across the Continuum of Care." Chapter 13. In Hazzard WR et al. Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. Fifth Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill 2002:145-156. Book Review and Purchasing Information



• Lyons W and Coleman EA. "Transitional Care." In Duthie, Katz, and Malone (Eds). Practice of Geriatrics. Fourth Edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier 2006. Purchasing Information



• Kripalani S, Trobaugh A, Coleman EA. "Hospital Discharge." In Williams MV. Comprehensive Hospital Medicine. First Edition. 2007. Purchasing Information



• Chalmers S and Coleman EA. "Transitional Care." In Siegler E, Mezey M. Encyclopedia of Eldercare. 2007. Book Review and Purchasing Information



• Lyons W and Coleman EA. "Transitional Care." In Hazzard WR et al. Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontololgy. Sixth Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill 2007:00-00.

Policy Reports

• Coleman EA. Transitional Care Performance Measurement. In Institute of Medicine. Performance Measurement: Accelerating Improvement. National Academy of Sciences Press. Washington DC. December 2005.



• Coleman EA, May K, Bennett RE. Health Information Exchange in Post Acute and Long Term Care - Task 5.0 Report on HIE in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Contract #100-03-0028.



• Bennett RE, Tuttle M, May K, Harvell J, Coleman EA. Health Information in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care: Case Study Findings (Final Report). Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Contract #100-03-0028.

Conference Proceedings

• Coleman EA. Aspen Transitional Conference Proceedings. October, 2002.

The Care Transitions Program^SM is made possible in part by the generous support of The John A. Hartford Foundation.

The Care Transitions Program^SM is based in the Division of Health Care Policy and Research at the University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine.