CSHCN Medical Home Partnerships for Children and
Their Families
Core Function: Information Development and Dissemination
The focus of the CSHCN (Children with Special Health Care Needs) Medical Home Partnerships for Children and Their Families project is to promote quality health and developmental care for all children in Washington state, especially those with special health care needs or children at risk for developmental or health concerns. Quality of care is promoted through active partnerships with primary health care providers, families and community service providers.
Current project activities include the following:
1. Implementation of quality care guidelines
for monitoring low birth weight infants' health and development
through adolescence, using the Critical
Elements of Care for the Low Birth Weight NICU Graduate guidelines
and the supplement care guidelines for the extremely low birth weight
infants
2. For parents, implementation of materials
that partner with the above guidelines, including Watching Your
Low Birth Weight Child Grow: Tips for Parents and Was Your Baby
Born Early? Was Your Baby Born Small?
3. Technical assistance and training to
facilitate community partnerships with primary care providers including
the distribution of Child
Health Notes, a one-page newsletter offering current information
on the identification and management of special needs conditions
4. Promotion of medical homes for children
with special health care needs by maintaining the state Medical
Home Leadership Network. |
