Medical Home Training and Resources

This page contains training materials and resources from training events in Utah. While the overarching theme is improving the medical home, some of the training events focused on specific topics such as screening, transition to adulthood, and obesity. Please scroll down to find the various topics.

Traning events were conducted using the "Learning Collaborative" model wherein medical practice teams meet together to learn about a specific topic (a Learning Session), return to their practices and implement what they have learned in changing daily processes, and follow-up with the facilitating organization and other practice teams to share what they have learned and problem-solve together to overcome challenges. The process usually lasts from six to nine months and inlcudes the pre-registration; the learning session; weekly practice team meetings; ongoing quality improvement; chart audits by the practice teams; site visits by the facilitating organization; and conference calls with the practice teams. The practice teams usually consist of the primary care provider, office manager, nurse or medical assistant, parent partner, and care coordinator (may be the nurse).

The Utah Integrated Services Project's (UISP) overall goal was the systematic integration of community-based services for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and their families throughout Utah. Component Goals included:1) Designing and implementing the leadership and infrastructure to accomplish and sustain this integration; 2) Using the Learning Collaborative model, integrating the six core components into Utah community systems; 3) Provideing and continually enhancing statewide resources and information to support the integration of the 6 Core Components into communities.

The Learning Collaborative consisted of five Learning Sessions (LS) that covered the concepts of medical home; early and continuous screening; and transition issues from birth into adulthood. Presentations and materials from the five Learning Sessions are provided in the sections below.

The Utah Pediatric Partnership to Improve Healthcare Quality (UPIQ) Learning Session, part of the Obesity Learning Collaborative, was held on April 17 and May 15, 2009 at the Salt Lake Community College Larry H. Miller Campus, Sandy, UT. (While this learning collaborative was not part of the series focusing on medical home improvements, the lessons learned will strengthen the medical homes that implement them.)