by Margaret McManus, Daniel Beck, and Patience White. Got Transition, February 2016.

This report analyzes FY 2016 State Title V Action Plans of the 32 states that have selected transition as one of their priorities over the next five years. The report offers specific suggestions for 1) aligning transition objectives with the new national transition measure in the upcoming National Survey of Children's Health and the Six Core Elements of Health Care Transition, and 2) selecting measurable strategies related to expanding availability of adult providers, evaluating health care transition implementation, and expanding quality improvement and educational efforts using the Six Core Elements. See more →

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by Margaret McManus, Patience White, Robin Pirtle, Catina Hancock, Michael Ablan, Raquel Corona-Parra. Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 2015;30:700-713.

This article describes the results of and lessons learned from incorporating the Six Core Elements of Health Care Transition into a DC Medicaid managed care plan that serves SSI-eligible youth and young adults. It summarizes the extent of transition improvements within the plan and receipt of recommended transition core elements among a pilot group of young adult enrollees needing to transfer from pediatric to adult health care. See more →

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by Margaret McManus, Patience White, April Barbour, Billie Downing, Kirsten Hawkins, Nathalie Quion, Lisa Tuchman, W. Carl Cooley, and Jeanne McAllister. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2014;56:73-78.

This article examines the results of implementing the Six Core Elements of Health Care Transition in five large pediatric and adult academic primary care sites in the District of Columbia, as part of a two-year learning collaborative. Using the Health Care Transition Index, the study compares improvements in specific indicators of transition performance in pediatric and adult practices. It also discusses quality improvement lessons learned. See more →

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by Megan Prior, Margaret McManus, Patience White, and Laurie Davidson. Pediatrics. 2014;134:e1648-e1661.
This article identifies published measures used to evaluate transition within the “Triple Aim” framework of experience of care, population health, and costs. Within this framework, the article describes the specific measures used in the 33 studies that met inclusion criteria. It also includes a critical discussion of transition measurement gaps and suggestions for developing a cores set of transition measures. See more →

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by Margaret A. McManus, Lauren R. Pollack, W. Carl Cooley, Jeanne W. McAllister, Debra Lotstein, Bonnie Strickland, and Marie Y. Mann. Pediatrics. 2013;131:1090-1097.
This article provides an analysis of US transition performance from pediatric to adult health care based on the 2009-2010 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs. It examines the association of population, condition, and health care characteristics with successful transition preparation. It also identifies adolescent populations least likely to receive needed transition support and offers delivery system and payment suggestions for improvement. See more →

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by Patience H. White, Margaret A. McManus, Jeanne W. McAllister, and W. Carl Cooley. Pediatric Annals. 2012;41:e1-e7.
This article describes a quality improvement approach for implementing health care transition supports in pediatric and adult primary care practice settings, which is based on the 2011 AAP/ACP/AAFP's Clinical Report on Health Care Transition and the Six Core Elements of Health Care Transition. It includes detailed sample tools, strategies, and lessons learned from primary care practices in the District of Columbia that have implemented the Six Core Elements. See more →

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by Margaret McManus, Harriette Fox, Karen O'Connor, Thomas Chapman, Jessie MacKinnon, October 2008.
Based on a 2008 national AAP survey of practicing pediatricians, this fact sheet examines pediatricians' perspectives on the appropriate age to begin planning for transition and their practices regarding the provision of transition support services to adolescents with special needs. It also identifies the economic and non-economic barriers that pediatric practices face in providing transition services and presents options for improving training, financing, adult provider availability, and adolescent and parent education. See more →

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