UPDATE: MWPHA Committee on Women, Children, and Youth
The MWPHA committee on Women, Children, and Youth met May 24, 2011 to discuss the first topic of its professional development series: medical homes. We drafted an outline and are planning for a September presentation. Members interested in helping to plan this informative event are welcome to join us now.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau has an outcome measure that states: “Children and youth with special health care needs will receive coordinated, ongoing, comprehensive care within a medical home.”
While this is directed to the Special Needs population, the concept of a medical home is one that should be embraced for all children, for people with chronic diseases, and even the general population. Medical homes are not widely implemented in DC, according to data from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs 2005/2006. Establishing a medical home can help address racial, ethnic, and family income inequities in access to care that national healthcare reform alone cannot erase.
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