Transitional care, or actions to ensure the coordination and continuity of care for patients as they transfer between locations of care, highlights a fundamental disconnect in US health care delivery. A challenge inherent in the process is the involvement of multiple stakeholders (patients, caregivers, and health care providers), yet little is known about their perspectives on care transitions. The most widely used instrument to assess transitions, the Care Transitions Measure (CTM-15), was designed with patient, but no other stakeholder, input. Evidence suggests that the CTM-15 has substantial content gaps and is prone to acquiescence bias—the tendency of respondents to express agreement.
