You have been charged with developing an introductory presentation for a new group of patient advocates at a large healthcare organization. Develop a slide deck for the introduction to the training that:

1. Describes why patient advocacy and assistance is important.
2. Illustrates the benefits and challenges of patient advocacy for both consumers and healthcare organization.
3. Defines transition of care, why its important, and its relationship to patient care.
4. Identifies and describes a model that the organization has selected to support patient advocacy and transitions of care.
5. Describe 2-3 benefits of the model for the patient.
6. Evaluate one way in which patient advocacy and assistance is supported by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.