What is a Medical Home?

A Medical Home is not a building, a house, or a hospital...it is an approach to providing health care to Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) by using the child’s primary pediatric practice as a hub for coordinating all medical care.  The goal of the Medical Home Initiative is to provide CYSHCN with health care services that are accessible, family-centered, continuous, comprehensive, coordinated, compassionate, and culturally-competent.

In a Medical Home, health professionals and families work as a team to access all medical and non-medical services necessary to help children reach their full potential.