Strengthening a Medical Home for Youth*

From: Wake Teen Medical Services

Purpose: Teens presenting to Wake Teen often have several challenging health issues compounded by other social/life situation factors that interfere with effective care for health concerns.

  • Strengthen Wake Teen's capacity to manage care for this at risk population by improving agency infrastructure.

How:

  1. Add one full time nurse;
  2. Develop tracking and referral protocols.

Outcome:

  1. Increase patient compliance and follow through with referrals to outside specialists;
  2. Increase capacity to serve more adolescents by improving office efficiency.

Cost/Term: $118,932 over two years. September 2007 - August 2009