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How Do I Judge the "Medical Homeness" of My Practice?

Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Gil Buchanan, MD

Children’s Medical Services, Arkansas Department of Human Services. Little Rock, AR

Eduardo Ochoa, MD

Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

A Medical Home provides care to infants, children, and adolescents that is accessible, continuous, comprehensive, family-centered, coordinated, compassionate, and culturally effective. These desirable characteristics are often difficult to assess in a practice. A recent policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics provides clarification and functional definitions of these characteristics. Tools and resources are available to aid physicians, clinic administrators and client-families in assessing their clinic’s compliance with Medical Home characteristics, as part of a long-term quality improvement program for their practice.

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