Vulnerable populations has been defined by a final report of the President’s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in Health Care Industry as “Groups of people made vulnerable by their financial circumstances or place of residence; health, age, functional or developmental status; or ability to communicate effectively …and or personal characteristics, such as race, ethnicity and sex” …

For this assignment please read the attached documents and provide your recommendations to:

1. Improve patient-centered care

2. Continue to improve discharge summaries or tools to improve the quality of “discharges/hand-off” in health care settings ( inpatient and outpatient)

3. Continued training needs of providers and entire healthcare teams.

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