Diagnoses & Conditions
This section of the Medical Home Portal offers useful, reliable, and relevant information, tools, and resources to aid in the care of children with chronic and complex
conditions.
In the Diagnosis Prevalence List you will find published prevalences for many chronic conditions in children and a calculator to predict, based on those figures, the number of children with each diagnosis that would be expected in a practice the size of yours (you can change the panel size from its default of 2500).
For each of the diagnoses/conditions listed in the left-side menu, we offer either a
In the Diagnosis Prevalence List you will find published prevalences for many chronic conditions in children and a calculator to predict, based on those figures, the number of children with each diagnosis that would be expected in a practice the size of yours (you can change the panel size from its default of 2500).
For each of the diagnoses/conditions listed in the left-side menu, we offer either a
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Diagnosis Page, providing a very brief discussion and a listing of relevant resources
or a -
Diagnosis Module, which includes pages on:
- Description
- Initial Diagnosis
- Ongoing Assessment
- Treatment & Management
- Related Issues
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Practice Guidelines & Helpful Articles
- Services & Other Resources
- Bibliography
Though written for primary care providers, these pages hold a wealth of information for other professionals and for parents
and other family members of children with these conditions.
Please use the Feedback link at the top of each page to let us know of errors you find or of suggestions for improving the Medical Home Portal. We intend to continue to add new diagnoses and to expand our Diagnosis Pages into full Diagnosis Modules – see Modules in Revision/Development. Your feedback will guide our priorities in choosing diagnoses to work on.
Please use the Feedback link at the top of each page to let us know of errors you find or of suggestions for improving the Medical Home Portal. We intend to continue to add new diagnoses and to expand our Diagnosis Pages into full Diagnosis Modules – see Modules in Revision/Development. Your feedback will guide our priorities in choosing diagnoses to work on.