Implementation and Evolution of a Primary Care-Based Program for Adolescents and Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum

Current primary care models are inadequate for adults on the autism spectrum. The Center for Autism Services and Transition (CAST) clinic was developed in 2014 using feedback from parents of adults on the autism spectrum and patient-centered medical home principles. We evaluated the reach of CAST’s...

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Autores principales: Hart, Laura C., Saha, Heather, Lawrence, Stephanie, Friedman, Susan, Irwin, Polly, Hanks, Christopher
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8252984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34215949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05171-w
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author Hart, Laura C.
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description Current primary care models are inadequate for adults on the autism spectrum. The Center for Autism Services and Transition (CAST) clinic was developed in 2014 using feedback from parents of adults on the autism spectrum and patient-centered medical home principles. We evaluated the reach of CAST’s services. As of January 2021, 858 patients were seen in CAST. Many continue to receive primary care from the CAST clinic. The program has undergone staffing changes but continues to accept new patients. We have added services such as “happy visits,” pre-procedure videos, and telehealth visits. CAST provides one example of how to improve primary care for adults on the autism spectrum. More research is needed to assess the effectiveness of the CAST model.
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spelling pubmed-82529842021-07-02 Implementation and Evolution of a Primary Care-Based Program for Adolescents and Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum Hart, Laura C. Saha, Heather Lawrence, Stephanie Friedman, Susan Irwin, Polly Hanks, Christopher J Autism Dev Disord Original Paper Current primary care models are inadequate for adults on the autism spectrum. The Center for Autism Services and Transition (CAST) clinic was developed in 2014 using feedback from parents of adults on the autism spectrum and patient-centered medical home principles. We evaluated the reach of CAST’s services. As of January 2021, 858 patients were seen in CAST. Many continue to receive primary care from the CAST clinic. The program has undergone staffing changes but continues to accept new patients. We have added services such as “happy visits,” pre-procedure videos, and telehealth visits. CAST provides one example of how to improve primary care for adults on the autism spectrum. More research is needed to assess the effectiveness of the CAST model. Springer US 2021-07-02 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8252984/ /pubmed/34215949 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05171-w Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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