Implementing a Nationally Recognized Pediatric-to-Adult Transitional Care Approach in a Major Children's Hospital

Teresa Hickam¹, Patience H White¹, Ann Modrcin¹+2

• ¹Teresa Hickam, ACSW, LCSW, LSCSW, CCM, is transition program manager, Transition to Adulthood Program, Children's Mercy Kansas City, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO 64108; e-mail: thickam@cmh.edu. Patience H. White, MD, MA, is professor of medicine and pediatrics, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and codirector of Got Transition, Washington, DC. Ann Modrcin, MD, EMBA, is professor of pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, and director of the Rehabilitation Medicine and Transition to Adulthood Program, Children's Mercy Kansas City, MO. Margaret McManus, MHS, is president, National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health, and codirector, Got Transition, Washington, DC. Karen Cox, RN, PhD, is executive vice president and chief operating officer, and V. Fred Burry, MD, and Sandra Hobart Burry Chair in Nursing Advocacy and Leadership, Children's Mercy Kansas City, MO.