Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
Medical Home Grants

Duration of Program:
Project period: July 1, 2004- June 30, 2008
After June 2008, MCHB Medical Home Grants are no longer offered


The Medical Home Promising Practices Forum, June 24-25 2008

Overview
In June 2008, the eight MCHB Medical Home Grantees gathered in Bethesda, MA to highlight their project successes in medical home implementation over the past four years (2004-2008). This Forum was structured around the following medical home core elements: family-professional partnership, community-based systems (i.e., care coordination), transitions, and value (this encompasses reimbursement/appropriate financing).  Click here for Forum Agenda.
 
The eight Grantees were from: Illinois, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Wisconsin. 

This page provides links to each of the Grantees presentations at the Forum, and other information that may be useful for communities trying to implement medical home for children and youth with special health care needs.

Participants:
The eight Grantees; Representatives from the National Center of Medical Home Initiatives for Children with Special Needs, National Center for Cultural Competence, National Center for Childhood Hearing and Management, Catalyst Center, Family Voices, ChampionsINC, Healthy and Ready to Work, Evidence-Based Center, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), American College of Medical Genetic Coordinating Center (ACMG), family and young adult leaders, state and federal Title V leaders, physicians, and other health care providers. 

Next Steps:
In an effort to build the evidence base for medical home, a Writing Commitee is currently working on a final product to be disseminated from the Forum.

Useful information from the Forum:

Medical Home Grantee Slideshow
Medical Home Promising Practices Forum: Successes and Lessons Learned- Highlights from the Field - A Power Point presentation detailing all of the Grantees successes over the past four years in regards to the medical home core values: family-professional partnerships, community-based systems, transitions, and value.

The MCHB Medical Home Grantees and their presentations:

1. Illinois: Illinois Medical Home Project Abstract
   
   The Use of Flash Drive to Improve Communication Between the Medical Home and Outside Providers and Pediatric Care Plan La Rabida,
   Sheri Hurdle, Parent Partner
   Pam Northrop, MA, LCSW, La Rabida Hospital
   
   
   
2. New Hampshire: Beyond the Medical Home: Cultivating Communities of Support for Children with Special Health Care Needs Abstract
   
   The Value of a Primary Care Medical Home,
   Carl Cooley, MD, FAAP, Co-Director, The Center for Medical Home Improvement
   
   
3. New York: Suffolk Medical Home Network Abstract
   
   Suffolk Medical Home Network,
   Virginia Cover, MSW, MBA
   Lorraine Sawyer, LCSW
   
   
4. Ohio: Medical Home Implementation - PrimeCare Pediatrics Abstract
   
   PrimeCare Pediatrics in Zanesville, OH,
   Kim Reilly, MD, FAAP
   Sue Berger, RN, Care Coordinator
   Latisha Shuster, Parent Partner, PrimeCare Pediatrics
   
   
5. Massachusetts: Stringing the Pearls: Families and Providers as Partners Abstract
   
   Moving Forward...Ways of Sustaining Family-Professional Partnerships: Central Massachusetts Medical Home Network,
   Barbara Donati, Central Massachusetts Medical Home Network
   Beth Pond, Central Massachusetts Medical Home Network
   Beth Dworetzky, Family Voices Massachusetts
   
   
6. Pennsylvania: Educating Practices in Community Integrated Care Abstract
   
   Pennsylvania Medical Home Initiative EPIC IC: Family-Centered Care,
   Molly Gatto, EPIC IC, PA Chapter AAP
   
   Pennsylvania Medical Home Initiative EPIC IC: Educating Practices in Community Integrated Care,
   Renee Turchi, MD, MPH, FAAP, EPIC IC, PA Chapter AAP
   
   
7. Florida: Medical Home in the Safety Net: Building Infrastructure for CSHCN in Community Health Centers Abstract
   
   The Role of Outreach and Technology in Promoting the Medical Home,
   Lise Youngblade, PhD, Colorado State University
   
   
8. Wisconsin: National Medical Home Autism Initiative Abstract
   

Medical Home Core Values:

1. Family-Professional Partnerships:
   Partnerships to Improve Your Medical Home,
   Brad Thompson, MA, The Hali Project in Texas
   Partnering Parents with Practices,
   Christy Blakely, Family Voices Colorado
   
   
2. Transitions:
   Transitions Growing up Ready to Live! The Ultimate Outcome: Transition to Adulthood,
   Josie Badger, BS, Vice President, National Youth Leadership Network, PA
   Nicholas Wilkie, MA, Transition Specialist, MN
   Patti Hackett, MEd, Co-Director, Healty and Ready to Work National Center
   
   
3. Value:
   The "Value" of Dancing with Data,
   Meg Comeau, MHA, Director, The Catalyst Center

Keynote Speakers at the Forum:

Evidence Base for Systems of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs: The Medical Home,
Charles Homer, MD, FAAP, CEO, National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality

A Medical Home System Supporting Individual Health Care Practices to Provide a Medical Home Approach
Eileen Forlenza , Director, Colorado Medical Home Initiative, and Kathy Watters, MA, Director, Colorado Title V Children with Special Health Care Needs Unit

For further information about the Forum or any of these materials, please email medical_home@aap.org.

Last Updated September 4, 2008