Objective To explore the status of cardiac rehabilitation during transitions from the hospital to community settings for patients after PCI. Methods Semistructured interviews were conducted on 10 managers of the community health care centers, then data were analyzed using Colaizzi′s descriptive phenomenological method. Results Three themes were identified: positive effect of hospitalcommunitypatient collaborated cardiac rehabilitation, but requiring support from secondary and tertiary hospitals; active role of the government in developing hospitalcommunitypatient collaborated cardiac rehabilitation; and challenges of hospitalcommunitypatient collaborated cardiac rehabilitation including lack of unified information platform, limited community medical resources, inadequate knowledge of community nurses and lack of motivation mechanism, and shortage of TCMbased cardiac rehabilitation knowledge. Conclusion Many barriers hinder the implementation of hospitalcommunitypatient collaborated cardiac rehabilitation. We should integrate the existing medical resources and strengthen training for community nurses to promote the development of hospitalcommunitypatient collaborated cardiac rehabilitation.