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UCLA MEDICAL HOME PROGRAM FOR KIDS IN THE NEWS: 
New UCLA Medical Home Study aiming to understand and prevent hospitalizations!
Medical Home Program Featured in the New York Times
New Report Highlights Medical School and Teaching Hospital Innovations In Primary Care Training
Novel 'medical home' program for pediatric patients, families cuts ER visits in half
Innovative Program Gives Medical Students Head Start in Understanding Patients
Teaching Clinic Offers Medical Home for Children with Complex Conditions, Leading to Fewer Emergency Department Visits and Highly Satisfied Families
RECENT PROGRAM PUBLICATIONS:
Medical transport of children with complex chronic conditions.
Ongoing Studies:
1. Understanding and reducing preventable hospitalizations among children with medical complexity (PI: Klitzner and Coller. Funding: HRSA, Maternal Children Health Bureau)
2. Understanding the relationship between the medical home and early readmissions or ED use (PI: Coller, Funding: Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health)
GENERAL MEDICAL HOME RESOURCES:
Medical Home website of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Center for Medical Home Improvement website
Change is in the Air article-2008
Do You Have a Medical Home article-2006
Resources for Parents of Children with Special Health Care Needs:
Please visit http://www.familyvoices.org a resource website for families with children with special health care needs
AAP Council on Children with Disabilities
Contact Us
For general questions, please contact the Medical Home office:
Pediatric Medical Home Program at UCLA
200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Ste 265
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone: 310-206-0514
Email: pedsmedicalhome@mednet.ucla.edu
