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Greenville,
SC
Medical Home
Training Program - May 18, 2002
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
Greenville, SC on May 18, 2002 at the Shriners Hospital. The program aimed
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:
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(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.
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State
Resource Information
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Schedule
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Time
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Sessions
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7:00-8:00
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Registration/Resource
Tables/Breakfast
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8:00-8:15
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Welcome
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8:15-9:15
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South
Carolina Overview of Medical Home
Common
Elements
This plenary session provides an overview of the medical home efforts
in South Carolinaand the common elements of the medical home concept.
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9:15-9:30
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Break/Change
of Rooms
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9:30-10:45
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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.
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10:45-11:00
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Break/Change
of Rooms
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11:00-12:15
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Breakout
sessions A, B, and C
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12:15-1:15
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Lunch
Break/Resource Tables/Tours of Shriners Hospital
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Breakout
sessions A, B, and C
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2:30-2:45
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Break/Resource
Tables
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2:45-4:15
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Closing
Panel: Future Steps for Medical Home in South
Carolina
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4:15-4:30
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Closing
and Evaluations
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Faculty
Invocation:
- Reverend Julius Scipio- Pickens
Common Elements:
- Joseph S. Geer MD, FAAP, FACMG - Assistant Program
Director for Pediatrics, AnMed Child Health
- Sherry Fields - Parent, Belton
Transitioning
Children and Youth to Adulthood:
- Anne Arrington LMSW - Director Family Supports, Greenville
County Disabilities and Special Needs Board
- Debbie Howard - Parent; Regional Education Coordinator,
Pro-Parents
- Keith Powell - Transition Coordinator, Special Education
Services, Greenville County School District
- William Weathers, MD - Medical Director of Pediatrics,
Shriners Hospital for Children - Greenville
Practices,
Policies, and Procedures:
- Robert D. Walker MD, FAAP - Community Pediatrician, Columbia
Comprehensive,
Coordinated, Collaborative Care:
- Heather Fritz RN, BSN - Public Health Nurse Specialist,
Children's Rehabilitation Services, South Carolina, Department
of Health and Environmental Control
- Gratin Smith MD, FAAP - Director, Pediatric Education,
Montgomery Center for Family Medicine
- Katherine P. Smith MSW - Executive Director, The Dr.
William R. DeLoache Center for Developmental Services.
- Melanie Stiles - Parent, Taylor
Panel Discussion:
- Ashby Jordan MD, FAAP - Vice President of Medical Affairs,
Blue Corss Blue Shield of South Carolina
- W. John Langley MD, FAAP - President, South Carolina
Chapter of the American Acadmey of Pediatrics; Pediatrician,
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
- Darlynn Thomas - Medicaid, South Carolina Department
of Health and Human Services
- Wanda Webb - Parent, Columbi
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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