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Welcome to Community Pediatrics
The mission of the Section of Community Pediatrics is to develop, implement and evaluate new programs and new models of health care for improving the health of Colorado's children; to assist community providers in offering high-quality, cost-effective pediatric health care; and to educate and prepare pediatric trainees in providing comprehensive health care to the increasingly diverse and under-served children of Colorado.
Objectives
- To develop, implement and evaluate new models of health care to enable:
- all children to receive comprehensive health care within a quality pediatric medical home
- all pediatric practices in Colorado to provide a quality pediatric medical home for low-income children (Medicaid, Child Health Plan and uninsured)
- To develop, provide and evaluate programs that:
- assist community primary care providers in providing efficient, cost-effective pediatric care
- assist community primary care providers in providing pediatric health care that embodies best clinical practices
- support the needs of rural pediatric practices and small (one- and two-person) pediatric practices
- To carefully coordinate these efforts with those of public clinics in order to ensure all children are served and that public clinics are not adversely affected
- To track and evaluate the health care status of low-income children in Colorado and provide insight and recommendations for public and private sector strategies
- To assist primary care providers and health care trainees in developing the knowledge base, skills and attitudes needed to provide culturally sensitive and responsive health care for low-income families and racial and ethnic minorities
- To share what is learned from outcome studies through publication in professional journals and by developing a manual describing effective models and strategies
Please visit our links for further information about our clinical, research and education activities and our faculty members and their research funding, publications and awards and honors.
Contact Information
Please direct your questions or requests for additional information about Community Pediatrics to:
Joan Muzzulin
Program Manager
Community Pediatrics
The Children's Hospital
13123 East 16th Avenue, B-085
Aurora, Colorado 80045
Tel: 720-777-6309
E-mail: muzzulin.joan@tchden.org
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