Special Health Care Needs-Domain 5

KCA - Team - Introduction - Highly Functioning
Consensus Agenda
Special Health Care Needs-Domain 5
Definition of Accessibility
Ten Rules for Redesign
IOM Six Aims for Improvement
Family
Principles of Family-Centered Care
Periodicity Schedule
Comprehensive Care Plan
Action Plan
Co-management Letter or Agreement
Transition Health Care Plan or Checklist
Medical Agreement
Special Health Care Needs
Key Competencies of Care Coordinators

Special Health Care Needs

Children with special health care needs are defined by the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) as:

"those who have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, development, behavioral, or emotional condition and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally"

Resources

Children with Special Health Care Needs. Overview by the Child & Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI). http://cahmi.org/pages/Sections.aspx?section=10

Ortiz DD. Using a simple patient registry to improve your chronic disease care: Who needs an EHR? Software you already have can help you make sure your patients get the care they need. Fam Pract Manage. April 2006. http://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0400/p47.html. Accessed March 7, 2014.