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About Us
 
 
Mission
The mission of the National Center is to work in
cooperation with federal agencies, particularly the Maternal
and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), to ensure that children
with special needs have access to a medical home. The National
Center provides support to physicians, families, and other
medical and non-medical providers who care for children
and youth with special needs.
Goal
The goal of the program is to ensure that children and youth
with special needs have a medical home where health care
services are accessible, family-centered, continuous, comprehensive,
coordinated, compassionate, and culturally-competent.
Through the National Center, physicians, parents, administrators,
and other health care professionals have access to educational,
resource, and advocacy materials, guidelines for care, evaluation
tools, and technical assistance.
The National Center works to ensure that
children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN)
have access to a medical home by:
- Developing educational and advocacy materials that address
barriers to medical homes for CYSHCN and improve the ability
of pediatric health care professionals to overcome these
barriers
- Convening national workgroups to respond to policies
and issue recommendations that benefit CYSHCN
- Creating and disseminating evaluation tools that assess
outcomes
- Establishing and supporting a national contact network
This web site provides information related to all of the
activities of the National Center, including the "Every
Child Deserves a Medical Home" Training Program, Screening
Initiatives and a variety of resources developed by the
AAP and/or other collaborating organizations. Site
Map.
For additional information on the National Center of Medical
Home Initiatives for Children with Special Needs, please
e-mail medical home@aap.org.
Network around the
country through the Medical
Home Listserv and
learn about new resources and funding opportunities.
MEDICAL HOMES@WORK
An e-Newsletter that offers bi-weekly updates
on medical home issues,
resources, funding opportunities, transitions, news from
the National Center
of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the Centers
for Disease
Control and Prevention. To subscribe, send an e-mail to
medical_home@aap.org.
Last Updated
April 15, 2009
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