Advancing healthcare transitions in the medical home: Tools for providers, families and adolescents with special healthcare needs

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 439-446

  Lemly, Diana C ^a   Weitzman, Elissa R ^a,b   O'Hare, Kitty ^a,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; medical home; special healthcare needs; transitions

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MODEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOME; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE;

ADOLESCENT; DISABLED CHILDREN; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880810090     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3283623d2f     Document Type: Review

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