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Medical Home Training Program - November 17, 2001

Target Audience | Course Objectives | State Resource Info |Schedule | Faculty
 

Overview
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Shriners Hospitals for Children offered its Every Child Deserves a Medical Home Training Program in Boston in November 17, 2001 at the Shriners Hospital. The program aims to support pediatric health care providers, children with special health care needs and their families, and communities interested in the well being of these special needs children in a changing health care environment.

Target Audience
The target audience included pediatric health professionals and their staff, other professionals, families of children with special needs, managed care professionals, policy makers, community members, and and other child advocates who care for children with special needs.

Course Objectives
General pediatricians, family physicians, pediatric subspecialists, and other pediatric health care professionals, nurses, pediatric office staff, community resources, and parents of children with special needs are invited to participate in the course. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Explain the elements of the medical home concept as applied to their practice environment or child's care;
  2. Discuss practical strategies for helping parents, providers, and young people transition to adult independence, health care with funding, and work;
  3. Describe practical strategies to translate the concept of Medical Home for CSHCN into office or clinic practices sensitive to the needs of CSHCN and their families;
  4. Identify resources available to CSHCN and their families and strategies for coordinating care and promoting interagency collaboration;
  5. Discuss current issues in managed care coverage and reimbursement as they relate to the Medical Home for CSHCN and transition to adult health care.

State Resource Information
Click here to find out about State Initiatives and Medical Home activities in Massachusettes.

Boston, MA Training Program Schedule
November 17, 2001 - Shriners Hospital
Time
Sessions
7:00-8:00

Registration/Resource Tables/Breakfast

8:00-8:15

Welcome

8:15-9:15

Overview/Common Elements
This plenary session provides an overview of the medical home efforts in Massachusetts and the common elements of the medical home concept.

9:15-9:30

Break/Change of Rooms

9:30-10:45

Breakout sessions A, B, and C

A. Transitioning Children with Special Needs
Information on transitioning children with special needs from childhood into adulthood will be discussed.
B. Practices, Policies, and Procedures
Practical strategies to implement medical homes into practice will be discussed.
C. Comprehensive, Coordinated, Collaborative Care
Strategies for coordinating care, working with community based resources, and collaborating with specialists and allied health care professionals will be discussed.

10:45-11:00

Break/Change of Rooms

11:00-12:15

Breakout sessions A, B, and C

12:15-1:30

Lunch Break/Resource Tables/Tours of Shriners Hospital

1:30-2:45

Breakout sessions A, B, and C

2:45-3:15

Break/Resource Tables

3:15-4:15

Closing Panel: Future Steps for Medical Home

4:15-4:30

Closing and Evaluations

Boston, MA Faculty

  • Overview of Medical Home in Massachusetts Panel:
    Deborah Allen, ScD – Director, Division for Special Health Needs, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
    Richard Antonelli, MD, FAAP – Moderator, Chair, Committee on Disabilities, Massachusetts Chapter American Academy Pediatrics; Community Pediatrician, Nashaway Pediatrics, Sterling
    Eugenia Marcus MD, FAAP – President , Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics; Community Pediatrician Pediatric Health Care at Newton Wellesley
    Polly Sherman - Family TIES Network, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
  • Common Elements:
    Kathleen Cleary, MD – Community Pediatrician, Nashaway Pediatrics, Sterling
    Mary Gile – Parent, Lunenburg
  • Transitioning Children and Youth to Adulthood:
    Carolyn Barrett – Parent, Regional Quality Management Director, Massachusetts, Department of Mental Retardation
    Mary Cerreto, PhD – Director of disABILITY Studies and Support, Department of Family Medicine, Boston University Medical Center
    James R. Cooley, MD – Chief of Pediatrics, Wellesley, MA; Harvard-Vanguard Medical Associates; Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
    Linda Freeman, MS, MBA – Family Coordinator, Children’s Hospital Boston
    Brian Jack, MD – Vice-Chair for Academic Affairs, Department of Family Medicine, Boston University Medical Center
    Stephanie Porter, MSN, RN – Director Clinical Services, Institute for Community Inclusion, Children’s Hospital Boston
    Judi Rodger – Self-advocate, Massachusetts Advocates Standing Strong
  • Practices, Policies, and Procedures:
    David Ansel, MD, FAAP – General and Developmental Pediatrics, Children’s Medical Office of North Andover, Developmental Medicine Center Children’s Hospital, Boston
    Christina Connelly MSN, CPNP – Children’s Medical Office of North Andover
    Kim Kelly – Parent, Methuen
    Tom Silva, MD, FAAP – Community Pediatrician, East Boston Community Health Center, East Boston
    Joann Snider – Parent, Lawrence
  • Comprehensive, Coordinated, Collaborative Care:
    Ed Bailey MD, FAAP – Director of North Shore Children’s Hospital, Salem
    Serena Dee, MD, FAAP – Community Health Center Pediatrician, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center
    David Keller, MD, FAAP – Medical Director, South County Pediatrics; Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School
    Steven Parker, MD, FAAP - Comprehensive Care Program, Boston Medical Center
    Tricia Passerello, BA – Care Coordinator, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
  • Panel Discussion: Future Steps for Medical Home in Massachusetts:
    Deborah Allen, ScD – Director, Division for Special Health Needs, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
    Louise Bannister – Director, Primary Care Clinician Plan, Division of Medical Assistance
    Mary Lou Buyse, MD – President, Massachusetts Association of Health Plans
    Judith Palfrey, MD, FAAP –Moderator, Chief, Division of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Boston; Principal Investigator, Pediatric Alliance for Coordinated Care Project
    Sean Palfrey, MD, FAAP – Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health, Boston University; President-elect, Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
    Rich Robison – Executive Director, Federation for Children with Special Needs
  • Focus Group on Foster Care and Medical Home:
    Robert Abrams MD, FAAP – Community Pediatrician, Holyoke Pediatrics Associates, Holyoke
  • Focus Group on Subspeciality Care and Providing Medical Homes:
    Ellis Neufeld, MD, PhD – Division of Hematology, Children’s Hospital Boston

Funding for this event has been provided by an education grant from Shriners Hospitals for Children with additional support from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau.

The CME Office at the American Academy of Pediatrics
reserves the right to cancel this activity for any reason whatsoever.
In the event of such cancellation, the full enrollment fee will be returned to the registrant.

 
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