PATRIOT PEDIATRICS

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This measure looks at the percentage of 2-year-olds who received the following vaccines: four diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis (DTaP); three polio (IPV); one measles, mumps and rubella (MMR); three haemophilus influenza type B (HiB); three hepatitis B (HepB), one chicken pox (VZV); four pneumococcal conjugate (PCV); one hepatitis A (HepA); two or three rotavirus (RV); and two influenza (flu) vaccines by their second birthday.

Why measuring your child’s immunization status is important:

Babies and toddlers are more likely to get sick because their immune systems are still developing. Vaccines help protect them from dangerous diseases. Most vaccines work very well—preventing illness 90 to 99% of the time. Vaccinating kids doesn’t just keep them healthy—it also protects others in the community, especially people who can’t get vaccines because of health problems. 

This measure looks at the percentage of adolescents who had one dose of meningococcal vaccine, one tetanus, diphtheria toxoids and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine, and have competed the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series by their 13th birthday.

Why measuring your child’s immunization status is important:

Adolescent immunizations are crucial because they protect teens during a period when they’re at higher risk for certain infections, and they help prevent long-term complications. Most vaccines work very well—preventing illness 90 to 99% of the time. Vaccinating kids doesn’t just keep them healthy—it also protects others in the community, especially people who can’t get vaccines because of health problems.