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Complex Care Program

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Description

The Complex Care Program (CCP), founded in 2002, provides a medical home for children and youth with special healthcare needs. CCP focuses on family-centered, coordinated, compassionate, comprehensive, and continuous care. Integrated within the Children's Health Center at Children's National Medical Center (CNMC), CCP provides both primary care and consultative services to children with two or more complex chronic conditions. The program is partially funded by the State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene-Office of Genetics and Children with Special Health Care Needs, the DC Department of Health-Community Health Administration, and Children's National Medical Center-Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health.

Goal / Mission

CCP aims to provide ongoing comprehensive care coordination to children with medically complex, chronic conditions within Children's National health care system.

Results / Accomplishments

The program has successfully provided comprehensive care coordination through a team including a nurse case manager, parent navigators, and a social worker to over 140 patients during fiscal year 2012, from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Children's National Medical Center
Primary Contact
Karen Fratantoni, MD, MPH
Children's National Medical Center
111 Michigan Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20010
202-476-4000
kfratant@childrensnational.org
http://www.childrensnational.org
Topics
Health / Children's Health
Health / Adolescent Health
Health / Other Conditions
Organization(s)
Children's National Medical Center
Date of implementation
2002
Location
Washington, D.C.
For more details
http://www.childrensnational.org/departmentsandpro...
Target Audience
Children, Families
Submitted By
Children's National Medical Center

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  1. The program description includes: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program funding source, program implementation steps and outcomes.
  2. The program evaluation is limited to descriptive measure(s) of success/accomplishment (i.e., program participation rates, number of services/education sessions/radio messages provided). Note: oftentimes, the program has been newly implemented and a program evaluation has not yet been conducted. Programs that have not yet been evaluated, but which show promise in improving health or quality of life, are classified as Good Ideas until an evaluation is conducted.