| Mission
and History of the Medical Home Mentorship Program
The mission of the National
Center is to work with physicians, health professionals, families,
and other individuals to meet the objectives set forth in
The President's New Freedom Initiative and Healthy People
2010, with a special emphasis on creating access to medical
homes. This is accomplished through the provision of educational
materials and resources; recommendations for overcoming barriers;
facilitation of training programs and conferences on the medical
home; as well as, guidance in the formulation of plans to
create access to medical homes on the state and local level.
It was soon recognized that providing technical assistance
to individuals on a case-by-case basis alone was not sufficient
to create the larger change toward global access to medical
homes. Individuals needed a more structured system in place
at the state-level that would support their mission. As
a result, twelve teams were chosen to constitute the National
Medical Home Mentorship Program in 2001. Each team consisted
of 6 members including 1 from AAP Chapter leadership, 1
CATCH facilitator, 1 Title V director, 1 Family Physician,
1 Family representative, and 1 other individual stakeholder
integral to the implementation of a statewide strategic
plan as identified by the core team (state Medicaid director,
representative of the American Academy of Family Practitioners,
community leader, etc).
These twelve teams were selected through a competitive
process to attend the National Medical Home Conference based
on the initiatives already in place in their state around
improving access to medical homes for CSHCN. View conference
proceedings from the January
2001 National Medical Home Conference. 
Adobe PDF
Original Twelve Teams:
California | Hawaii | Illinois | Louisiana | Massachusetts
| Minnesota | New Mexico | North Carolina | Oregon | South
Caroilina | Utah | Washington
In 2002, four new teams were invited to the National Medical
Home Conference. Teams were chosen based on their existing
work toward increasing access to medical homes in their state,
which often includes experience planning a Shriners training
site and/or their expertise in medical homes as recognized
by the MCHB. These teams received technical assistance and
coaching from the National Center and their “mentor”
team.
2002 Teams: Arkansas |
Arizona | Iowa | Wisconsin
In 2003, the mentorship program expanded its scope to meet
the needs of states, communities, and health care professionals
at multiple levels. In addition to the state medical home
teams, the network now includes practice based quality improvement
mentors and promising practices. The Medical Home Mentorship
Program offers guidance, resources, and networking opportunities
for individuals, communities and states to assist them in
achieving increased access to medical homes.The success
of the program relies heavily on the continued efforts of
state, community, and practice-based medical home teams
to share their strategies, lessons learned, tools, and resources
designed to improve the delivery of care to CSHCN.
In 2004, a new strategy was implemented to increase access
to medical home mentors. A mentorship map is now available
to provide information on what states have a medical home
state team, a quality improvement plan to assist practices
in increasing their medical homeness (this can include a
learning collaborative strategy or an EPIC model), and a
"Promise to the State" (This document outlines
the steps that will be taken to make the provision of medical
homes for children with special health care needs a reality
by the year 2010.) To view this map click
here.
It is our hope that everyone will take the initiative to
create an action plan to lay out their road map for ensuring
access to medical homes at all levels.
Getting Started:
- Post questions to the team members about their plan
- Contact your team leader to find out how you can get
involved.
- Please e- mail any questions to medical_home@aap.org.
Last Updated
August 7, 2008
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