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Chicago,
IL
Medical Home
Training Program - April 13, 2002
Target Audience | Course
Objectives |State Resource Info | Schedule
Overview
The University of Illinois Division of Specialized Care for Children (DSCC),
the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (ICAAP), and the Illinois
Academy of Family Physicians (IAFP) offered a Medical Home Training Program at
the Shriners Hospitals for Children, Chicago, on April 13, 2002 from 8:00am to
4:00pm.
The program aimed to support pediatric health care providers,
children with special health care needs and their families,
and communities interested in the well being of special
needs children in a changing health care environment. The
program also aimed to enhance primary care physicians (pediatricians
and family physicians), pediatric specialists and other
attendees' understanding and knowledge about incorporating
the medical home model into their practice and providing
a medical home for children with special health care needs.
Target Audience
The target audience included board-certified or board-eligible primary care
physicians (pediatricians and family physicians), pediatric specialists,
allied health care professionals and families of children with special health
needs.
Course
Objectives
After completing this course, participants will be able to:
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1.define a "medical home" and its core elements;
2.define children with special health care needs (CSHCN);
3.examine office practices with the philosophy that the "medical home" is
the basis to care for CSHCN;
4.recognize the importance of partnering with families;
5.understand the role of DSCC care coordinators;
6.identify practical methods of accommodating CSHCN into their practices
including physical and procedural changes;
7.be familiar with some of the coding and reimbursement issues specific
to CSHCN coordinated with DSCC;
8.understand the key characteristics that should guide physicians in
providing coordinated care to CSHCN and their families;
9.define secondary level health services and list the requirements for
enhancing the competencies of primary care physicians and nurses; and
10.understand the necessary and ideal qualifications of the varied specialists
who care for CSHCN.
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State
Resource Information
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in Illinois.
Schedule
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Time
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Sessions
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8:00-9:00
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Registration/Continental
Breakfast/Resource Tables
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9:00-9:15
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Welcome
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9:15-10:00
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Common
Elements of a "Medical Home"
This
plenary session provides an overview of
the "medical home" concept through a Family-Professional
Partnership.
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10:00-10:15
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Break/Resource
Tables
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10:15-11:15
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The
Medical Home Index & Validation Process
How to modify a PCP practice
to enhance the care for special needs children
and their families
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11:15-12:15
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Comprehensive,
Coordinated, Collaborative Care
Strategies for coordinating
care, working with community based resources, and
collaborating with specialists and allied health
care professionals will be discussed.
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12:15-1:15
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Lunch/Resource
Tables
(12:45 - Lunch Presentation on the Use of PDA's and Sharing Information)
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12:45-1:15
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Presentation
on the Use of PDA's and Information Sharing
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1:15-2:15
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How
the Family-Professional Relationship works
within the "Medical Home"
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DSCC
Care Coordination and the Medical Home Concept
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3:00-3:15
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Break/Resource
Tables
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3:15-3:45
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Reimbursement
Opportunities
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3:45-4:00
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Closing
Remarks and Evaluations PDA Give Away
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Funding for this event has been provided
by an education grant from Shriners Hospitals for Children
with additional support from the Maternal and Child Health
Bureau.
The CME Office at the American
Academy of Pediatrics
reserves the right to cancel this activity for any reason whatsoever.
In the event of such cancellation, the full enrollment fee will be returned
to the registrant.
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