| A medical home is a process
of care offered by primary care providers in partnership with
families of children with special health care needs (CSHCN).
Children and families are recognized, welcomed and supported
by their community based medical homes.
Children
with special health care needs
and the medical home…
The United States Maternal and Child Health Bureau defines
children with special health care needs (CSHCN) as those who
have (or are at increased risk for)
- Chronic physical, developmental, behavioral or emotional
conditions (expected to last at least a year) and
- Who require health and related services of a type or amount
beyond that required by children
generally; 18% of children in the United States are
included in their definition.
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“Home is the place where when you have to go
there, they have to take you in…”
—Robert
Frost
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