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Quality Improvement in Care Coordination for Very Young Children June 19, 2012

Quality Improvement in Care Coordination for Very Young Children June 19, 2012. Communities Coordinating for Healthy Development Minnesota ’ s ABCD III Initiative. Project Goals.

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Quality Improvement in Care Coordination for Very Young Children June 19, 2012

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  1. Quality Improvement in Care Coordination for Very Young ChildrenJune 19, 2012 Communities Coordinating for Healthy Development Minnesota’s ABCD III Initiative

  2. Project Goals • Care Coordination: Information flows between clinic and other community providers, clinic coordinating child’s care • Standard methods and forms for referral and feedback between Early Intervention and clinic • Increase appropriate children referred to EI • Families experience coordinated care • Reimbursement – still working on that

  3. Communities Coordinating for Healthy Development www.dhs.state.mn.us/CCHD

  4. MN Communities Coordinating for Healthy Development • 4 sites/teams located around the state • Team: at least one clinic, and one Early Intervention site • Other community-based providers included: Public Health, WIC, Head Start • Meet monthly, develop Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycles for team and in each setting to implement change

  5. Participating State Agency Staff • Department of Human Services • Maternal and Child Health (EPSDT) staff • Children’s Mental Health staff • Department of Health • Title V staff • Health Care Home staff • Department of Education • Early Intervention staff • Early Childhood Screening staff • MN Child Health Improvement Partnership • AAP Chapter, Foundations, Advocacy Organizations

  6. Technical Assistance to Teams • Provide training in and TA around Quality Improvement methods: PDSA cycles and learning collaboratives and clinic QI process • Forms and process development, and • Improving state policy and infrastructure to support local providers • Access database to track referral and follow-up

  7. State Policy Improvement • Standard form to release/obtain consent • Standard form and web site clinics can use to refer to Early Intervention • Standard fax back forms for Early Intervention to provide results to clinic • Develop a complementary system for using both on-line and direct referral

  8. Increased Referrals to Early Intervention

  9. State Agency Participation • Gives direct feedback to state staff on policy success at point of implementation • Pulls together necessary staff at the state level to ensure that policies at the agency level encourage local collaboration • Helps improve EPSDT services and meet federal requirements to coordinate among state agencies

  10. Health Care Home (Medical Home) • Access Database for tracking child’s referral and follow-up – required element • Work with Health care home certification staff to promote CCHD in their materials • Project meets 2nd year certification requirements to coordinate with a community partner • Care coordination issues different with Early Intervention than medical referrals

  11. Contact Information • Coordinator:Tessa Wetjen 651-431-2061 tessa.wetjen@state.mn.us. • Co-PI: Susan Castellano: 651.431.2612 susan.castellano@state.mn.us • Co-PI: Glenace Edwall: 651.431.2326 glenace.edwall@state.mn.us

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