OVERVIEW

Optimizing Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care 2027 is organized by Mass General Brigham Office of Continuing Professional Development and will be held from Mar 01 - 03, 2027.

Description:
In this special program, faculty from Harvard Medical School, the Brigham and Women's Hospital Transition Care Team, and the Boston Children’s Hospital BRIDGES Adult Transition Program provide strategies, best practices, and guidance to:

Identify adult care providers and successfully transfer patients with rare or complex health care needs.
Assess and improve the efficacy of your current transition processes.
Tailor transition strategies to patient age, disease type, and physical/ intellectual capability.
Develop transition policies to support your specific practice needs Significantly improve inter-practice care coordination.
Approach reimbursement in 2026
Ensure up-to-date, portable, and accessible medical summaries.
Build your transition team, processes, and consultation program Innovate transition processes with telehealth and social media.
Optimize care coordination and inter-practice communication Practical, Results-Focused Education.

Faculty share strategies and best practices that can be readily implemented by pediatric, pediatric subspecialty, and adult care providers to optimize how you:

Assess patient readiness for adult care.
Time patient transitions for the best outcomes.
Ensure adherence Teach self-care and self-management.
Promote medical and educational self-advocacy.
Address sexual health and fertility with young adults.
Strengthen family engagement Provide care for college students.
Screen for high-risk behaviors.
Help patients maximize their independence.
Meeting the Requirements of Special Patient Populations.

Education and workshops are led by nationally and internationally recognized experts with extensive expertise in the care, transition and transfer of patients with:

Developmental disabilities Intellectual disabilities.
Autism Common and complex chronic conditions, including: Diabetes IBD Cystic Fibrosis Congenital Heart Disease Epilepsy Sickle Cell Disease Spina Bifida Substance Use Disorder.
Cancer Survivorship Organ Transplantation.
Obesity Tools and Resources.

Participants will receive a variety of tools and resources, including:

Transition checklists.
Sample transition curricula.
Readiness assessments.
Transition plans and processes.
Transition policies.
Up-to-date transition coding and reimbursement tip sheets.

In this special program, faculty from Harvard Medical School, the Brigham and Women's Hospital Transition Care Team, and the Boston Children’s Hospital BRIDGES Adult Transition Program provide strategies, best practices, and guidance to:

Identify adult care providers and successfully transfer patients with rare or complex health care needs.
Assess and improve the efficacy of your current transition processes.
Tailor transition strategies to patient age, disease type, and physical/ intellectual capability.
Develop transition policies to support your specific practice needs Significantly improve inter-practice care coordination.
Approach reimbursement in 2026
Ensure up-to-date, portable, and accessible medical summaries.
Build your transition team, processes, and consultation program Innovate transition processes with telehealth and social media.
Optimize care coordination and inter-practice communication Practical, Results-Focused Education.

Faculty share strategies and best practices that can be readily implemented by pediatric, pediatric subspecialty, and adult care providers to optimize how you:

Assess patient readiness for adult care.
Time patient transitions for the best outcomes.
Ensure adherence Teach self-care and self-management.
Promote medical and educational self-advocacy.
Address sexual health and fertility with young adults.
Strengthen family engagement Provide care for college students.
Screen for high-risk behaviors.
Help patients maximize their independence.
Meeting the Requirements of Special Patient Populations.

Education and workshops are led by nationally and internationally recognized experts with extensive expertise in the care, transition and transfer of patients with:

Developmental disabilities Intellectual disabilities.
Autism Common and complex chronic conditions, including: Diabetes IBD Cystic Fibrosis Congenital Heart Disease Epilepsy Sickle Cell Disease Spina Bifida Substance Use Disorder.
Cancer Survivorship Organ Transplantation.
Obesity Tools and Resources.

Participants will receive a variety of tools and resources, including:

Transition checklists.
Sample transition curricula.
Readiness assessments.
Transition plans and processes.
Transition policies.
Up-to-date transition coding and reimbursement tip sheets.

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of the activity, participants will be able to:

Practice state-of-the-art care of chronic childhood conditions in adolescent and adult patients, including single system diseases, multisystem diseases, and intellectual/developmental disabilities.
Develop and implement practical strategies to successfully transfer and accept patients with chronic childhood conditions (including care coordination and integration, supported decision making, practice redesign and team-based care, and adolescent health and wellness.
Assess healthcare systems and their impact on transition to adult care, including quality improvement, reimbursement strategies, national health policy, and population health.
Design your approach to patient and family engagement in chronic condition management and help them to achieve health equity through communication, assessing self-management skills and readiness to transition to adult healthcare settings, coping with chronic illness, supports for community living.
Discuss the roles of members of an interprofessional team (e.g. MD/DO, NP, PA, SW, RN), and how each contributes to optimizing the transition of young adults with chronic conditions of childhood origin moving from pediatric to adult centered medical care.