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Community Pediatrics
Clinical Services
Colorado Children's Health Care Access Program
Grant-funded, five-year program to address and solve all of the barriers that discourage community pediatricians and family physicians from providing primary health care for the 150,000 low-income, under-insured children in Colorado who are not able to access a regular primary source (medical home). This program develops, sustains and evaluates the resources and support systems for enabling all Colorado pediatricians and family physicians to devote at least one-tenth of their practice to the health care of these children.
Socio-Cultural Training Program
Grant-funded, five-year program to provide training for the providers and staff in all Colorado pediatric practices and for all Colorado pediatric trainees to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable them to provide culturally sensitive and responsive health care for low-income and racially and ethnically diverse families.
Preventive Dentistry in Private Practice Program
Grant-funded, four-year program to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of having
dental hygienists in pediatric practices to provide dental screening and preventive
fluoride sealant treatments at all well-child visits, beginning at the one-year
well-child visit.
Pediatric Case-Management Program
Three-year pilot project to develop evaluation and management tools for primary pediatric practices to improve health education for children and parents, improve health outcomes for chronically ill children and reduce emergency department and hospital over-utilization.
Pediatric Locum Tenens Service
Physicians in the Section provide short-term practice coverage for community pediatricians throughout Colorado and Wyoming. The program emphasizes coverage for rural or small practices. Over the past 10 years, our physicians have covered for nearly two-thirds of the pediatric practices.
Mini-Sabbatical Program
Grant-supported program provides a week-long training opportunity at The Children's Hospital campus for pediatricians in rural or small practices. Physicians in the Section cover the community pediatrician's practice, while the pediatrician obtains a self-directed learning experience with various specialties and programs.
Community Pediatrics Matters
Web-based learning community for all Colorado pediatric primary care providers and residents: provides downloadable information, resources and case-based training modules on all aspects of primary pediatric care for under-served children. The website also maintains list serves and discussion boards for web-based discussions of current issues and topics. http://communitypeds.squarespace.com
Medical Direction for The Children's Hospital After-Hours Telephone Care Program
The Section provides medical direction for The Children's Hospital After-Hours Telephone Care Program, which was originally developed by Drs. Steve Poole and Barton Schmitt as the first pediatric telephone care call center in the country.
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