Medical Home

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What is a Medical Home?

A medical home is not a building, house, or hospital. It is a way of providing high quality primary health care for children within their community. A medical home is a partnership between families caring for children and youth and the primary health care providers they trust. In this partnership, families and primary health care providers work together to identify and access all of the medical and non-medical services needed to help children and their families reach their greatest potential.
 
A medical home is especially important for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and their families. Due to complex conditions and multiple needs, these children and families may require help finding resources, setting priorities, and coordinating care with a variety of providers.
 
The Office for Genetics and People with Special Health Care Needs (OGPSHCN) believes effective promotion of health and health services for children and youth with special health care needs requires a system of care that is comprehensive and family centered and consistent across the life course.
 
Medical Home was introduced as House Bill 929 in February 2010 and signed into law by Governor O’Malley in April 2010. To learn more about the MHCC Patient Centered Medical Home Program, please visit https://mhcc.maryland.gov/mhcc/pages/apc/apc_pcmh/apc_pcmh.aspx​

​​Informational Videos:

What is care coordination and what does it mean to patients/families?
 
 
 

Office For Genetics And People With Special Health Care Needs
201 West Preston Street - Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel (410) 767-6730 Fax (410) 333-5047


 
July, 2020​

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What happens in a medical home?
 

 
For Parents/Caregivers
 
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What’s happening in Maryland?

Request Form for Virtual Medical Home Presentation - See Attached

A Family Toolkit: Pediatric -to- Adult Health Care Transition - 
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A Family Toolkit:  Clinicians - Click Here
Young Adult Health Care Transition Social Media Toolkit -  See Attached

Nationwide Initiatives?