Rhode Island's Pediatric Practice Enhancement Project: parents helping parents and practitioners

Rhode Island's Pediatric Practice Enhancement Project: parents helping parents and practitioners

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Case study. High-performing health care organization
Author(s):
Silow-Carrol, Sharon, author
Contributor(s):
Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
Publication:
New York, N.Y. : Commonwealth Fund, April 2009
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Child Health Services -- organization & administration
Children with Disabilities
Health Services Accessibility
Parents
Patient Care Planning
Pediatrics
Peer Group
Public-Private Sector Partnerships
Rhode Island
United States
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Rhode Island's Pediatric Practice Enhancement Project (PPEP) trains and places parent consultants into pediatric primary and specialty care practices to help families with children and youth with special health care needs coordinate and access the health system, as well as other services (e.g., social services, education, housing). Parent consultants, who are parents of special needs children themselves, assist physicians in providing comprehensive, coordinated medical homes to about 8 percent of children with special needs in the state (more than 2,800). A PPEP database, managed by the state's Department of Health, helps identify systemwide barriers facing families. A recent evaluation suggests that PPEP participants have more outpatient encounters but fewer inpatient admissions and less intensive resource use than children with special needs who are not in PPEP practices.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (20 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101547440 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101547440