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Minnesota Health Care Home/Medical Home Project
A health care home is not a building, house, or hospital. It is an approach to providing high quality primary health care for children with special health needs. The "health care home" is not a destination but a journey one takes with a child and family. A physician who takes on this challenge will meet many barriers but also find allies who will help ease the burden. Many of the barriers can be surmounted by education about chronic health condition management, the role of community and state agencies, school-related issues, and reimbursement and practice management strategies. This journey will also provide benefits for physicians such as increased satisfaction with their role as a physician and a closer relationship with the families they treat.
The University of Illinois Division of Specialized Care for Children, "A Continuing Medical Education Activity for DSCC Medical Home Providers - Every Child Deserves a Medical Home." 2002
Medical Home Implementation: A Five-Part Series Now Available!
Looking for professional continuing education courses online? The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the National Center for Medical Home Implementation is proud to offer child health professionals with practical strategies for implementing medical home in practice access to continuing medical education courses through the Training section of the National Center Web site. The AAP designates each series of this educational activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM).
Simply click on the links below to register and earn CME credit at your convenience!
Past webinars sponsored by Minnesota Department of Health:
6/29/10: Health Care Home: Contracting with Health Plans
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6/23/10: Primary Care Coordination: Change in Billing Methodology & Procedure
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4/22/10: Health Care Home: Free and Low Cost Registry Resources
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3/24/10: Health Care Home: Payment Methodology
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2/24/10: Health Care Home: Getting Started with Limited Funds
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1/28/10: Health Care Home: Creating Effective Practice Teams
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Important Health Care Home Web Sites to Reference:
Minnesota Department of Human Services Primary Care Coordination
Minnesota Department of Health - Health Care Homes
Medical Home Team Info Site
Center for Medical Home Improvement
AAP Medical Home Website
Emergency Medical Services for Children Resource Center of Minnesota
Minnesota Dept of Health - Children with Special Health Care Needs
Minnesota Dept of Health - Children with Special Health Care Needs - a Medical home Initiative
The Healthy and Ready to Work National Resource Center (transition issues)
Medical Home State Data Pages
Articles of Possible Interest:
Pediatric medical home model cuts ED visits by 55%, March 2010
Visits to a hospital emergency department were cut by 55% when a medical home model was used to coordinate care for chronically ill children, study data showed. The model used by the University of California, Los Angeles, conformed to AAP guidelines and featured a one-hour intake appointment and 40-minute follow-up visits, a bilingual liaison for families, and a binder to help families store their child's medical records in a single place
Minnesota Healthcare News, May 2006
A "medical home" is a partnership of care, It all begins with a child
(PDF File: 2 pages/290KB)
Minnesota Medicine, January 2006
The Minnesota Medical Home Learning Collaborative, A Step to Improving Care for Minnesota's Children with Special Health Care Needs
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