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KIDS’ HEALTH
YOUR ONE-STOP SHOP FOR
PEDIATRIC CARE
Children’s Health, Navicent Health offers general and specialized services for infants, children
and adolescents.
THE ADORABLE INFANT you brought home a few years ago is X-rays and lab services, physical exams for sports or school,
growing fast! Together, you made it through all the checkups and specialty pediatric consultations, and treatment of chronic and
vaccines recommended for newborns to 2 year olds. Now that your minor illnesses.
child is getting older, you wonder if he or she needs to visit the
doctor as frequently. In addition, the center offers the following specialty clinics—
backed by the specialists and services of Beverly Knight Olson
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children visit Children’s Hospital, Navicent Health—for patients who require
their pediatricians for a well-child checkup annually after age 3. additional treatment:
These well-child checkups are key to your child’s current and »» Asthma Follow-up Clinic
future health. In addition to providing age-specific immunizations »» Behavioral Counseling
and screenings and establishing a medical history, the pediatrician »» Healthy Me Clinic for weight management
will also assess your child’s behavioral, developmental and »» Home Care Team
emotional status, and recommend counseling, if needed. »» Infectious Disease Clinic
»» Nephrology Clinic for kidney health
“Well-child checkups give healthcare providers an opportunity »» Pediatric Adolescent Gynecological Clinic
to identify and prevent issues that may affect the child’s growth »» Pediatric Palliative Care Team
and development,” says Edward Clark, MD, Chair of Pediatrics at »» Rheumatology Clinic
Children’s Health, Navicent Health. “This is also the time for your »» Special Needs Clinic
child’s pediatrician to discuss mental development and assess »» Sports Medicine/Concussion Clinic
whether your child is developing socially. If issues are identified,
our providers educate parents and give them the necessary “Serving as a one-stop shop builds familiarity and trust
resources for their child.” between providers and patients,” Dr. Clark says. “Seeing a
familiar face can help with anxiety. Also, having all of the child’s
BEYOND THE CHECKUP: SPECIALTY CLINICS providers in the same facility improves communication and
coordinated care.”
Annual well-child checkups, available at Children’s Health,
Navicent Health, can help keep children and teenagers healthy. If CALL CHILDREN’S HEALTH, NAVICENT HEALTH AT
your child becomes ill or requires a more specialized appointment, 478-633-7600 TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR
the center offers several additional services, including a 24-hour YOUR CHILD.
physician call line for patients, hearing and vision testings, on-site
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