The American Academy of Pediatrics describes the medical home as a model of delivering primary care that is accessible, continuous, comprehensive, family-centered, coordinated, compassionate, and culturally effective care. In March 2007, a consensus statement on medical home principles was developed and jointly endorsed by ACP, AAFP, AOA, and AAP.
Understanding the unique needs of children and families, the Academy wishes to highlight certain critical pediatric medical home principles:
- Family-centered partnership:
Trusting, collaborative, working partnership with families, respecting their diversity and recognizing that they are the constant in a child’s life
- Community-based system:
Family centered- coordinated network designed to promote the healthy development and well being of children and their families
- Transitions:
Provision of high-quality, developmentally appropriate, health care services that continue uninterrupted as the individual moves along and within systems of services and from adolescence to adulthood
- Value:
A high-performance health care system requires appropriate financing to support and sustain medical homes that promote system-wide quality care with optimal health outcomes, family satisfaction, and cost efficiency
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National Center for Medical Home Implementation works to ensure that all children and youth, including those with special health care needs, have the services and support necessary for full community inclusion through medical homes. 
