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Suggestions for this site? Community Activities -SWClark Team contact list • Developed pediatric rotation schedule for families having a difficult time accessing a primary care provider for their special needs child. Local pediatricians on schedule take turns accepting referrals for special needs kids- especially those with open coupons. • Developed a resource packet for parents with the low birth weight booklet distributed by Mary Bridge hospital and information on RSV, early intervention and CSHCN. • …Our desire is to create a clearinghouse model of information sharing for professionals and families in our community. Our long-term goal is to assure local support and resources for families of children of special health needs. This might be in the form of guest speakers, support groups, workshops, consulting medical specialists, etc. The role of the local Medical Home Leadership Team is to learn what is needed in our community and how to make that information available to all interested parties. • To that end, a letter was sent to all six local clinic administrators describing our vision and asking for information – specifically, the prevalence of selected health issues. These clinics vary in size from small to large. Using ICD-9 codes seemed to be a fairly simple and straightforward approach. (The requested codes and results are attached.) We asked that someone in each clinic simply “run the numbers,” in aggregate form only due to HIPAA constraints… (for full report see Cowlitz Team Update Fall 2003) • Cowlitz County is also one of the WISE (www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/mch/WISE.htm) integrated services grant pilot sites, and is addressing how to do a common enrollment or application form for young children with special health care needs.
Grays Harbor Team contact list • Team physician involved with oral health project through Center for Children with Special Needs (www.cshcn.org/projects/OralCare.cfm) • Focus on family practice clinics this year • Presentations to Naval Hospital Bremerton and Family Practice residents, Harrison hospital, and Peninsula Community Health Center ( a free satellite clinic in the county which is receiving increasing numbers of referrals for children on Medicaid). • Also pediatric outreach, especially to Bainbridge and Group Health Cooperative • Provided a mini resource session at Holly Ridge Center’s Infant/Toddler Program Retreat. • Developed and distribute packet of community resources for primary care providers on services for CSHCN and their families. Information can be posted on practice bulletin boards. • Maintain resource packet • Still a new team and have had some team member changes. Individual team members are involved in many different activities for children with special needs. • Focus of community and Pope’s Kids Place ( www.popeskidsplace.org/ ) is local access to care for children with chronic health care needs. Pope’s Kids Place has dental, medical and respite programs. Now seeking a grant to start a mental health team to go into homes- it would have “wrap-around team of social work, psychology, psychiatry and medicine and would provide service to family as well as the child. • Pope’s Kids Place has had a Board of Review for a long time where all service providers for a child can come together and meet to formulate a plan. • The Health Department distributes Child Health Notes. • Gave Medical Home Tool kit to pediatricians’ office in Rochester to pilot • Developing survey for primary care providers on mental health services for children • Parent team member involved with parent training on using a care notebook to document child’s health and services. Parent will also host legislators from her district to come spent time at her house with her family to learn about what life is like for families whose children have significant health care needs.
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