Healthcare Transition for Youth with Special Healthcare Needs

As adolescents become adults, they must assume responsibility for their health care. Adolescents with special health care needs face difficult transitions to adult care, and to achieving greater financial independence. As all children become young adults, health insurance coverage becomes a major factor in their access to health care, because it is during this time that they are in personal transition between their parents and independence. Below, you will find information, workbooks, links and other materials related to health transition issues.

• Archived presentation of the 5-17-06, "An Overview of Medical Transition and the Health Care Transition Clinic" and "The Genetics of Disability". Featured speakers were Dr. Brad Schaefer (Munroe-Meyer Institute), Linda Shandera (HHS), and Mary Jo Iwan (HHS).

The Health Care Transitions Web site offers a number of ways to share and provide HCT information. Currently the site hosts the transition listserv as well as an annotated bibliography of HCT related materials and information. Under construction are a listing of HCT programs and services, a story area for personal accounts of HCT experiences, a legislation, regulations and policy reference area and announcements of upcoming events. A unique and innovative feature of this Web site is the Member Profiles Database.

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- A study of Mayo Clinic patients has found seven behaviors define the 'ideal' physician and supports an Institute of Medicine recommendation that quality medical care should include a patient-centered approach. (Read Report)