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MEDICAL HOME
A medical home includes:
- A partnership between the family and the child's/youth's primary health care professional
- Relationships based on mutual trust and respect
- Connections to supports and services to meet the non-medical and medical needs of the child/youth and their family
- Respect for a family's cultural and religious beliefs
- After hours and weekend access to medical consultation
- Families who feel supported in caring for their child
- Primary health care professionals coordinating care with a team of other care providers
Through this partnership, the primary health care professional can help the family/patient access and coordinate specialty care, educational services, in and out of home care, family support, and other public and private community services that are important to the overall health of the child/youth and family.
A medical home is not a building, house, or hospital, but rather an approach to providing comprehensive primary care. A medical home is defined as primary care that is accessible, continuous, comprehensive, family centered, coordinated, compassionate, and culturally effective.
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