Children's Medical Services for Families
Health Care Transition
Children's Medical Services can help clients:
- Know their rights
- Be their own health care advocate
- Take charge of their health care information
- Plan for transfer to an adult doctor
- Prepare for any educational transitions
- Putting paperwork together that will help clients reach their goals
- Find information about recreational experiences
Transition Plan
A healthcare transition plan supports youth and young adults as they move from a child-centered model of care to an adult-centered model. This transition is crucial to ensure that patients can manage their health effectively and utilize health services appropriately.
Topics covered in a transition plan:
- Primary and specialty care
- Mental Health Care
- Vocational goals (and if accommodation or assistive technology is needed)
- Questions about insurance, income, work-related benefits, and financial assistance programs
- Legal information (guardianships, trust funds, rights and responsibilities, draft registration, etc.)
- Living arrangements (including what support may be needed for a client to live independently)
- Life Skills
- Social Life
- Questions about culture and identity
CMS Resources
- CMS Youth Transition Plan
- CMS Making the Most of Your Transition — A Simple Booklet for Teens in Transition
- CMS Transition Checklist for Teens — Education Transition to Adulthood
- CMS Making the Most of Your Visit with the Doctor
- CMS Transition New Mexico Colleges and Universities
What is a Medical Home?
A medical home is an approach to providing comprehensive and high-quality primary care. The medical home recognized the family as a constant in a child’s life and emphasizes partnership between health care professionals and families.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) a medical home should be the following:
- Accessible: Care is easy for the child and family to obtain, including geographic access and insurance accommodation.
- Family-centered: The family is recognized and acknowledge as the primary caregiver and support for the child, ensuring that all medical decisions are made in true partnership with the family.
- Continuous: The same primary care clinician cares for the child from infancy though young adulthood, providing assistance and support to transition to adult care.
- Comprehensive: Preventive, primary and specialty care are provided to the child and family.
- Coordinated: A care plan is created in partnership with the family and communicated with all health care clinicians and necessary community agencies and organizations.
- Compassionate: Genuine concerns for the well-being of a child and family are emphasized and addressed.
- Culturally effective: The family and child’s culture, language, beliefs and traditions are being recognized, valued and respected.
Learn More
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