Healthcare Transition Navigation
Helping People Navigate What Comes Next
Healthcare transitions often involve more than finding a new provider or scheduling an appointment. Individuals and families may need assistance understanding healthcare systems, coordinating services, navigating insurance requirements, and identifying resources that support continuity of care.
Willowmere provides structured navigation designed to help individuals and families move between healthcare providers, settings, and stages of care.
Our navigation services may include:
Personalized healthcare transition planning
Identifying appropriate healthcare providers and services
Pediatric-to-adult healthcare navigation
Hospital-to-community transition support
Older adult and long-term care transition navigation
Veteran healthcare transition navigation
Appointment and referral coordination
Healthcare-system education
Follow-up on transition milestones
Identification and navigation of unresolved barriers
Who We Support
Our approach is designed for individuals experiencing complex healthcare transitions, including transition-age youth, older adults, Veterans, individuals with disabilities or complex healthcare needs, and their families and caregivers.
Our Goal: Help individuals move beyond receiving a referral toward establishing meaningful connections with appropriate healthcare services.
Care Coordination & Community Resource Navigation
Connecting People With the Support They Need
Successful healthcare transitions depend on more than medical appointments. Access to transportation resources, healthcare benefits, stable housing, communication services, and community support can significantly influence an individual’s ability to maintain continuity of care.
Willowmere helps individuals and families identify barriers, navigate available resources, and coordinate connections with appropriate healthcare and community-based services.
Services may include:
Healthcare and community resource navigation
Coordination with healthcare providers and community organizations
Identification of social determinants of health (SDOH)
Healthcare benefits and service navigation
Transportation resource referrals and coordination
Connection to community-based support programs
Assistance understanding available services
Communication with providers and support systems
Referral tracking and closed-loop follow-up
Family and caregiver navigation support
Our Approach
Willowmere focuses on helping individuals understand their options, connect with appropriate resources, and navigate barriers that may interfere with successful healthcare transitions.
Rather than simply providing a list of referrals, our approach emphasizes meaningful connections, communication, and follow-through.
Our Goal: Reduce barriers that prevent individuals from accessing appropriate healthcare and community services.
Transition Program Development & Outcomes Measurement
Building Programs That Strengthen Continuity of Care
Healthcare organizations, government agencies, and community partners often face challenges developing effective systems to support individuals through complex healthcare transitions.
Willowmere partners with organizations to design, implement, and evaluate structured transition-navigation and care coordination programs.
Our approach combines frontline healthcare experience, social work expertise, business analytics, and Lean Six Sigma methodology to support practical program development and measurable outcomes.
Organizational services may include:
Healthcare transition program development
Care coordination workflow design
Pilot program planning and implementation
Population-specific navigation initiatives
Program management and operational support
Key performance indicator (KPI) development
Outcomes measurement and reporting
Referral and engagement tracking
Process improvement
Community outreach program development
Program evaluation
Implementation planning and performance monitoring
Who We Partner With
Willowmere works with healthcare organizations, health plans, provider networks, government agencies, and community-based organizations seeking to strengthen healthcare access, coordination, and continuity of care.
Our Goal: Help organizations develop sustainable, measurable programs that move individuals from referral to successful connection.