#MedicalHome

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1 month ago

How to Prepare for a Move to a Doctor Who Cares for Adults Switching to your pediatrician to a new doctor who cares for adults can be a pretty major change. Here’s some information that can help ease the transition.

"It's important to ask your pediatrician when the right time is to move to a doctor who cares for adults. Some pediatric offices see patients up to the age of 18; others see them through the age of 21."

#MedicalHome #TransitionToAdultCare #CareProviders

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Family Voices of Alabama

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1 month ago

Medical Home The National Resource Center for Patient/Family-Centered Medical Home is a national technical assistance center focused on improving the health and well-being of, and strengthening the system of servi...

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) defines the medical home as a primary care model that is accessible, continuous, comprehensive, family-centered, coordinated, compassionate, and culturally effective. For more details, please visit www.medicalhomeinfo.org

#MedicalHome #CYSHCN

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Family Voices of Alabama

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5 months ago

Routine Doctor Visits for School Age Children The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that your middle-years child have a routine well-child examination at least every two years, with annual checkups advised at ages 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, a...

"Your pediatrician is interested not only in your child's physical health, but also in his or her mental and emotional well-being."

#MedicalHome #RoutineDoctorVisits #PhysicalExams #CYSHCN

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Family Voices of Alabama

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7 months ago

Every child with special health care needs (CSHCN*) deserves family-centered, consistent, high qualityhealth care.

#CYSHCN #MedicalHome
#Resources #FVAL

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Family Voices of Alabama

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9 months ago

A Medical Home Where Everybody Knows Your Name A medical home represents an approach to pediatric health care in which a trusted physician partners with the family to establish regular ongoing care.

"A medical home combines place, process, and people. It is not a building, house, or hospital, but rather an approach to providing comprehensive primary care."

#MedicalHome #CYSHCN

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Family Voices of Alabama

@familyvoicesal.bsky.social

11 months ago

Routine Doctor Visits for School Age Children The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that your middle-years child have a routine well-child examination at least every two years, with annual checkups advised at ages 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, a...

"Your pediatrician is interested not only in your child's physical health, but also in his or her mental and emotional well-being."

#MedicalHome #RoutineDoctorVisits #PhysicalExams #CYSHCN

www.healthychildren.org/English/fami...

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Family Voices of Alabama

@familyvoicesal.bsky.social

1 year ago

How to Prepare for a Move to a Doctor Who Cares for Adults Switching to your pediatrician to a new doctor who cares for adults can be a pretty major change. Here’s some information that can help ease the transition.

"It's important to ask your pediatrician when the right time is to move to a doctor who cares for adults."

#MedicalHome #TransitionToAdultCare #Healthcare #CareProviders

www.healthychildren.org/English/fami...

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Family Voices of Alabama

@familyvoicesal.bsky.social

1 year ago

A Medical Home Where Everybody Knows Your Name A medical home represents an approach to pediatric health care in which a trusted physician partners with the family to establish regular ongoing care.

"A medical home represents an approach to pediatric health care in which a trusted physician partners with the family to establish regular ongoing care."

#MedicalHome #CYSHCN #Healthcare #Coordination

www.healthychildren.org/English/fami...