Health Care

Comer Children's Hospital

Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago The Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago opened in January 2005. Located on Chicago's South Side, the state-of-art hospital was designed to provide the most advanced care for children in a family-centered environment. In 2006, the Comer Pediatric Emergency Department opened as a Level 1 Trauma Center providing immediate, highly specialized pediatric emergency services, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Ambulatory Clinic of the Comer Center for Children and Specialty Care opened in March 2010 with a focus on delivering the most comprehensive outpatient services.

Medical Home Network

In 2009, CSEF established Medical Home Network (MHN) to address problems experienced by Medicaid-covered women and children who lack access to appropriate and coordinated healthcare services. MHN's mission is to improve the health of South Side area residents by organizing healthcare providers to enhance quality, improve access and reduce cost. Anchored by medical homes that serve as centralized points of care for acute, chronic and preventive services, MHN's goal is to serve as a model for collaborative and patient-centered care. The vision of MHN is to:

• Establish primary care medical homes for target populations, beginning with pregnant women and children on the South Side
• Foster clinical collaboration among public and private providers
• Facilitate filling gaps in the continuum of care and minimize service duplication
• Strengthen the healthcare delivery system for all medically underserved populations