Pediatric Care Coordination:
Community of Practice
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Greetings,
As 2021 draws to a close, we have much to be thankful for, including all of you who strengthen the Community of Practice. Thank you for your continued participation! If you know of other people who may be interested in being part of this community, please invite them to become a free member.
Below, you’ll find Community of Practice updates, including a speaker request for our statewide conference, an opportunity to join a learning collaborative, and a member’s reflection on Health Care Homes. As a reminder, you can always find the latest COVID-19 information and resources on mnpedcares.com COVID -19 Resource Hub.
All our best, Wendy Berghorst and the ACET team
Register today for the 2022 Statewide Conference!
We’re excited to host an interactive statewide conference on May 12, 2022 with opportunities to network, learn, and care for ourselves. Register for the conference today! Want to share your knowledge and experience as a presenter? Please fill out this short speaker request by January 7, 2022.
Seeking Clinics for SAFEST Choice
Proof Alliance is seeking community health centers (CHC) in the Upper Midwest that are interested in participating in the SAFEST Choice Learning Collaborative, a virtual ECHO group focused on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). CHCs are invited to participate in Prenatal and/or Pediatric cohorts to learn FASD specialty-specific core competencies. The prenatal cohort will learn how to screen for and counsel women about the risks of alcohol use during pregnancy, and the pediatric cohort will learn how to identify and care for children with FASD. Participating CHCs will receive free continuing education and ongoing technical assistance over the course of a year, as well as a stipend to support a champion at their site. Participation will begin in May 2022. For more information, please contact Sarah at sarah.brown@proofalliance.org.
PCC CoP MEMBER HIGHLIGHT:
Reflecting on the History of Health Care Homes!
Joan Kindt, Practice Improvement Specialist, MDH Health Care Homes
Being a nurse with experience in public health, maternal/child health, care coordination, and behavioral health, I know the importance of primary care. In an effort to promote primary care, I joined the MDH Health Care Homes (HCH) team over 8 years ago and have been a member of the PCC CoP Advisory Group since inception.
The HCH or “patient centered medical home” idea originated in 1967 when the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) introduced the medical home concept to coordinate the care of children with chronic conditions. In 2002, the AAP expanded the medical home concept to include the following operational characteristics: accessible, continuous, comprehensive, family centered, coordinated, compassionate, and culturally effective care. By 2005, the American College of Physicians (ACP) had developed an advanced medical home model for all ages, which involved the use of evidence-based medicine, clinical decision-support tools, the Chronic Care Model, care plans, “enhanced and convenient” access to care, quantitative indicators of quality, HIT, and performance feedback.
MDH HCH certification was crafted from those concepts; the idea is that a clinician/clinic provides its patients a home base for health care and helps them navigate the health care system, they are a patient’s “health care home.” The goals of the HCH model are to continue building a strong primary care foundation to improve healthcare quality, value of care, and enhance the experience of both patients and clinic staff. HCH clinics look very different throughout Minnesota, but all provide care coordination and collaboration between primary care clinicians and community resources to support whole person care and facilitate the broader goals of improving population health and health equity.
And to think, this all started with the pediatric patient with special health needs over 50 years ago.
What We’ve Accomplished Together
Check out Community of Practice highlights from Jan. 2020-June 2021 in this infographic! It includes a snapshot of who makes up our membership, stats on webinar participation, upcoming activities, and more!
JOIN THIS COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
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“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”
-Chinese Proverb
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