 Women's Health
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Why measuring if your child has well visits is important:
Children need to have many visits to their doctor in the first 15 months of life. These well visits (check-ups) are to see how well a child is growing and to provide preventive care, such as screening tests and vaccines to protect against childhood diseases. These visits are also a way for parents and doctors to start working with each other as partners for the child's health.
Healthcare Quality Measure:
This measure looks at children ages 0 to 15 months. It looks at the percent of those children who had at least 6 well visits with a doctor in the first 15 months of life.
There is not enough data to report on this measure for this doctor's office. This can happen when:
Why getting tested for chlamydia is important:
Chlamydia is an infection that is easily spread through sexual contact. If it is left untreated, chlamydia can have serious consequences such as infertility and a greater chance of contracting HIV. Although people of any gender can have chlamydia, it is most common in women. Because chlamydia has few symptoms and most people with chlamydia do not show symptoms, it is very important to have screening test done as part of a yearly health exam.
Healthcare quality measure:
This measure looks at sexually active women patients ages 16 to 20 that have had a test to check for chlamydia in the past year.
Doctor's office result for chlamydia screening
At PATRIOT PEDIATRICS, 58% of sexually active women between ages 16-20 had a test to screen (check) for chlamydia in the past year.
Statewide, 74% were screened.
MHQP measures how well doctors provide preventive care, or care that all healthy adults should have. All sexually active women between the ages of 16 and 20 should have a test to check for chlamydia. Getting a chlamydia test every year will test to make sure a patient does not have chlamydia.
Why measuring asthma medication use is important:
Doctors often prescribe two types of medicine for patients with asthma. One is a long-term control medicine (also known as preventive medicine). It is taken every day to help patients manage symptoms and prevent asthma attacks. The other is a quick-relief medicine. It is taken during asthma attacks when symptoms are worse.
Taken as prescribed, long-term control medicine can help prevent or reduce the number of asthma attacks a patient has. This means that a person with asthma might not need quick-relief medicine as often and will be less likely to need to go to the hospital to treat an asthma attack.
Healthcare Quality Measure:
This measure looks at how often patients with asthma (ages 5 to 64) fill prescriptions for long-term control asthma medications compared to quick relief asthma medications, with the goal of more long-term control medications being used.
There is not enough data to report on this measure for this doctor's office. This can happen when:
Why measuring if your child has well visits is important:
Toddlers need to have multiple visits to their doctor during ages 15 to 30 months. These well visits (check-ups) are to see how well a child is growing and to provide preventive care, such as screening tests and vaccines to protect against childhood diseases. These visits are also a way for parents and doctors to start working with each other as partners for the child's health.
Healthcare Quality Measure:
This measure looks at children ages 15 to 30 months. It looks at the percent of those children who had at least 2 well visits with a doctor during ages 15 to 30 months.
There is not enough data to report on this measure for this doctor's office. This can happen when:
Why measuring if your child has well visits is important:
The purpose of a well visit each year during childhood is to promote healthy habits and prevent lifelong problems. This is also a time when some health problems end and new ones may start. Problems during these years can put a child at risk for the rest of their life.
Healthcare Quality Measure:
This measure looks at children ages 3 to 11 who had at least one well visit during the past year. These well visits (check-ups) with a doctor are to see how well the child is growing and to give information about avoiding risky behaviors. They are not the same as visits when the child is sick.
Doctor's office results for well visits
At PATRIOT PEDIATRICS, 94% of children between 3 and 11 years old had at least one well visit during the past year. These well visits (check-ups) with a doctor are to see how well the child is growing and to give information about avoiding risky behaviors. They are not the same as visits when the child is sick.
Statewide, 89% of children had a well visit.
MHQP measures how well doctors provide preventive care. Preventive care includes having well visits with your child's pediatrician to see how he or she is growing. Every child age 3 to 11 should have at least one well visit every year with the doctor.
Why measuring if your child has well visits is important:
The purpose of a well visit each year during adolescence (the teenage years) is to promote healthy habits and prevent lifelong problems. Adolescence is also a time when some health problems end and new ones may start. Problems during the teenage years can put an adolescent at risk for the rest of their life.
Healthcare Quality Measure:
This measure looks at adolescent children ages 12 to 17 who had at least one well visit during the past year. These well visits (check-ups) with a doctor are to see how well the adolescent is growing and to give information about avoiding risky behaviors. They are not the same as visits when the adolescent is sick.
Doctor's office results for well visits
At PATRIOT PEDIATRICS, 88% of adolescents between 12 and 17 years old had at least one well visit during the past year. These well visits (check-ups) with a doctor are to see how well the adolescent is growing and to give information about avoiding risky behaviors. They are not the same as visits when the adolescent is sick.
Statewide, 86% of adolescents had a well visit.
MHQP measures how well doctors provide preventive care. Preventive care includes having well visits with your adolescent's pediatrician to see how he or she is growing. Every adolescent age 12 to 17 should have at least one well visit every year with the doctor.
Why measuring well child visits for young adults (in their late adolescent years) is important:
The purpose of a well visit each year is to promote continued healthy habits and prevent lifelong problems. Late adolescence is also a time when some health problems end and new ones may start. Problems during these years can put a young adult at risk for the rest of their life.
Healthcare Quality Measure:
This measure looks at young adults ages 18 to 21 who had at least one well visit during the past year. These well visits (check-ups) with a doctor are to see how well the young adult is growing and to give information about avoiding risky behaviors. They are not the same as visits when the young adult is sick.
Doctor's office results for well visits
At PATRIOT PEDIATRICS, 71% of young adults between 18 and 21 years old had at least one well visit during the past year. These well visits (check-ups) with a doctor are to see how well you are developing as a young adult and to give information about avoiding risky behaviors. They are not the same as visits when the patient is sick.
Statewide, 65% of young adults had a well visit.
MHQP measures how well doctors provide preventive care. Preventive care includes having well visits with the patient's provider to see how he or she is developing. Every patient age 18 to 21 should have at least one well visit every year with the doctor.
