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Maternal and Child Health Unit

The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Unit exists to partner with communities and families to promote and advocate for optimal health and wellbeing, using a public health approach.

Contact Info:

Feliciana Turner, Unit Manager

Maternal and Child Health Unit
122 West 25th Street, 3rd Floor West
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Phone: 307-777-6921/800-438-5795

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CSH Care Coordination

What is Care Coordination?

“A process that links children with special health care needs, and their families, to services and resources in a coordinated effort to maximize the potential of children and provide them with optimal health care.“

Antonelli RC, McAllister JW, Popp J. Making Care Coordination a Critical Component of the Pediatric Health System: A Multidisciplinary Framework. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund, May 2009.

“Care coordination addresses interrelated medical, social, developmental, behavioral, educational, and financial needs in order to achieve optimal health and wellness outcomes.”

American Academy of Pediatric Committee on Children with Disabilities, Care coordination: Integrating health and related systems of care for children with special health care needs.  Pediatric 1999; 104(4): 978-981

Care coordination is a complex process requiring multiple partners and perspectives.
Care coordination ring that accounts for three perspectives and the elements needed to meet patient needs and preferences in delivering high quality and high value care. The perspectives are from the patient and family, health care professionals, and system representatives. The elements around the ring are informal caregivers, patient and family education and support, medications and pharmacy, community resources, primary care, specialty care, inpatient care, mental health services, long-term care, medical history, test results and home care.

Click the links below to learn more about the current standards for systems of care, and the Health Resources & Services Administration’s (HRSA) nationally recognized “Blueprint for Change” that establishes a framework for a system of services that will support children and youth with special health care needs to enjoy a full life and thrive in their community.