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Last year the Medical Home group piloted a communication tool designed to improve shared care between families, primary physicians, and specialists. Unfortunately we weren't able to test it out as much as we had hoped, so this year we are continuing to pilot it at Children's Hospital Boston with Susan Waisbren, PhD.

We're looking for additional informal feedback - could you help?

• If you work in a clinic in a capacity to utilize this tool, please try it out and give us your thoughts. Is it feasable? What are the positives? the challenges?
• We also perceived that families could drive the use of this tool. Would you be willing to try? 

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 link   power point presentation by Dr. Carl Cooley in June 2008

LINK This abstract has been accepted for a presentation at the Pediatric Academic Society in Denver in May, 2011. The work summarizes the 2009-2010 Innovative Project to develop and pilot a practical care plan to be used by parents, PCP, and specialty physicians to improve communication and care.

link  by Carl Cooley, MD; Jeanne McAllister, BSN, MS, MHA; Kathleen Sherribe, DrPH, MS; and Karen Kuhlthau, PhD; Pediatrics, 2009. Conclusions (from abstract): "Developing an evidence base for the value of the primary care medical home has importance for providers, payers, policy makers, and consumers. Reducing hospitalizations through enhanced primary care provides a potential case for new reimbursement strategies supporting medical home services such as care coordination. Larger-scale studies are needed to further develop/examine these relationships."

link by Homer, CJ; Cooley, WC; Strickland, BB; Pediatric Annals. 2009;38(483-490)