Our Staff

In August 2001, University of Iowa Children's Hospital, in collaboration with Child Health Specialty Clinics, Iowa's Title V Program for Children with Special Health Care Needs, developed a program called "Continuity of Care." This program is for children who require health and related services that involve a significant amount of coordination both within the hospital and as they reenter the community.

Program goals

• Negotiate, coordinate, and obtain services needed to assure timely discharges for patients and families with complex discharge issues.
• Optimize health status of children with special health care needs
• Provide physical and emotional support to families through service coordination
• Develop effective systems of care for children with special health care needs
• Build relationships and networks to improve continuity of care

These goals are accomplished by promoting and assuring a collaborative system of coordinated care that is culturally competent, family-centered and community-based. Ultimately, the Continuity of Care Program is public health intervention that stands to improve quality and efficiency of care for children with special health care needs.