Office Visits - and Types of Visits:

  

Health Maintenance Evaluations/Visits:
 Including "Well Childs Check-ups", Sports/Camp Physicals, etc.

By Appointment Only - No walk-ins. Call (828) 328-1118
    during routine office visit hours .
We recommend that you always have a well check scheduled:
  -  Preferably, as you leave one well checkup, make an appointment for
     the next - maximizing the possibility of securing an appointment for a
     checkup at your preferred date/time with a clinician of your choice.
  -  As you leave a "sick visit" re-verify your well-child check-up
     appointment, or if none exists, them make one.
. -  We recommend that these health maintenance visits be made for the
     summer months for all visits over 2 years, a time which will be "quieter"
     and easier to schedule, and easier to avoid missing school/work.
These are very important components to maintain the health and
     well-being of your child - promoting preventative care/screening.
  -  We follow the recommended schedule of the American Academy of
     Pediatrics, the NIH, CDC, AAFP, health care insurers, and Medicaid.
  -  These are mandatory for patients of Unifour Pediatrics, not optional.
  -  If you choose not participate in well check-ups, then we recommend
     that seek care elsewhere. We cannot participate in substandard care. 
  -  Health maintenance examinations include a detailed and age-specific
     questions and anticipatory guidance, a detailed physical examinations,
     age-specific laboratory, sensory, developmental, and other testing, etc.
  -  Standard immunizations are also usually given at these visits.
  -  We will provide you detailed written "handouts" that summarize the key
     points of each visits and provide additional helpful information.
  -  Parents of newborn infants are provided a 750 page AAP birth-5 years
     childcare manual, which we strongly urge parents to keep at bedside,
     "wear out", and use it to keep your child healthy, and to help prevent
     unnecessary office visits here at Unifour Pediatrics.
  -  We also refer back to this and other specified web-sites which links to
     a vast amount of health care information - helps prevent office visits.
For excellent information about preventative healthcare, health
    maintenance, child development, safety, time/day specific
    information on parenting, etc., click here.
  -  We even have a collection of 500+ audio lectures on parenting topics,
     which you can listen to any time on your computer.
  -  Or again, refer to these excellent AAP books, designed for specific
     age groups: Birth through 5 years, 5-12 years, and 12-18 years.


"Sick"/"Illness"/Injury Visits (during regular office hours):
 Including .... sick, injury, behavioral, and chronic care problems.

By Appointment Only - No walk-ins. Call (828) 328-1118.
Call as soon as possible after 8:00AM if you need to be seen that
     same day at an appointment time of your preference and by a clinician
     of your choice.
Do not delay your call, because the appointment schedules fills up
     rapidly, and so does the nurse call-back list (especially on unexpectedly
     busy days in the winter, and especially in "flu season"). 
No same-day appointments will be made after 4:00PM, though
     we will be answering phone calls and providing telephone advice up
     until 5:00PM (when computers and lab equipment will be shut down,
     and clinical and office staff will leave).
For excellent information about the care of the sick or injured child,
    etc., click here.
  -  Or for most common problems/topics, click "sick" or "injured".
  -  Or again, refer to these excellent AAP books, designed for specific
     age groups: Birth through 5 years, 5-12 years, and 12-18 years.


"Sick"/"Illness"/Injury Visits (during weekend/holiday office hours):
 Including .... sick, injury, behavioral, and chronic care problems.

By Early Appointment Only - No walk-ins. Call (828) 328-1118.
Call as soon as possible after 8:00AM if you need to be seen that
     same day at an appointment time of your preference and by a clinician
     of your choice.
Do not delay your call, because the appointment schedules fills up
     rapidly, and so does the nurse call-back list (on unexpectedly busy
     days with the reduced weekend "call-in" staff). 
No same-day appointments will be made after 10:00AM, though
     we will be answering phone calls and providing telephone advice up
     until 10:00AM (when computers and lab equipment will be shut down,
     and clinical and office staff will leave).
If there are no calls for appointments by 9:00AM, then the office will
     not open.
 *  "Holidays" is defined here as New Year's Day, Easter, 4th of July,
     Thanksgiving, (closing early New Year's Eve, and Christmas Eve).
     We will NOT be open at all on Christmas Day.
For excellent information about the care of the sick or injured child,
    etc., click here.
  -  Or for most common problems/topics, click "sick" or "injured".
  -  Or again, refer to these excellent AAP books, designed for specific
     age groups: Birth through 5 years, 5-12 years, and 12-18 years.


"Behavior"/Counseling/Psychology/ADHD/etc. Visits (during regular
  office hours):

By Early Appointment Only - No walk-ins. Call (828) 328-1118.
Call early for these appointments if you need to be seen at an
     appointment time of your preference and by a clinician of your choice.
     These appointments are rarely urgent, but often require special preparation
     to set them up, or require gathering information, records, etc., and
     possibly filling out questionnaires before the visit. This may take several
     days and up to 1-2 weeks to put together. Be sure that the type of visit is
     made clear to our scheduling staff, so that there will be time to do this
     prior to the visit and so that we can schedule a more lengthy appointment,
     if needed.

"Chronic Care"/Asthma/Cerebral Palsy/"Long-term Problem"/etc.
  Visits (during regular office hours of after hours):

By Early Appointment Only - No walk-ins.  Call (828) 328-1118.
Call early for these appointments if you need to be seen at an
     appointment time of your preference and by a clinician of your choice.
     These health maintenance appointments are rarely urgent, but often
     require special preparation to set them up, or require gathering information,
     records, etc., and possibly filling out questionnaires before the visit. This
     may take several days and up to 1-2 weeks to put together. Be sure that
     the type of visit is made clear to our scheduling staff, so that there will be
     time to do this prior to the visit and so that we can schedule a more
     lengthy appointment, if needed.  Of course, your child may not be well, in
     which case click sick or injured, but, when making this appointment, be
     sure to indicate that your child has special chronic problems.


"Nutritional" Visit (during regular office hours):

By Early Appointment Only - No walk-ins.  Call (828) 328-1118.
Call early for these appointments if you need to be seen at an
     appointment time of your preference and by a clinician of your choice.
     In some case, this may be with one of our pediatricians or certified
     pediatric nurse practitioners, or this may be with one of our registered
     dietitians or with a combination of both.  These appointments are rarely
     urgent, but often require special preparation to set them up, or require
     gathering information, records, etc., and possibly filling out questionnaires
     before the visit. This may take several days and up to 1-2 weeks to put
     together (furthermore, the nutritionist are not there every day). Be sure type
     of visit is made clear to our scheduling staff, so that there will be time to
     do this prior to the visit and so that we can schedule a more lengthy
     appointment, if needed.


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     With Time-Specific Instructions Guiding your Decisions?

Either Click here:
     New Patient | New Baby | Well Care | Sick Care | Injured Care |
     Behavior/Development Care | or Chronic Problem Care.
Or:
     Click the same topics on to light blue horizontal menu at the top.


Need Just Pediatric or Parenting Information?
     We link to a large number of medical references:

Either Click here:
     New Patient | New Baby | Well Care | Sick Care | Injured Care |
     Behavior/Development Care | or Chronic Problem Care.
Or:
     Most menus on the right side provide appropriate links.


Print out handout "Helpful Information on Telephone Calls and
Office Visits"?
     Keep one at your bedside for quick reference.
     Keep another on the refrigerator magnet.

Click Here to download this PDF document:

General:
This page is designed to guide you through the types of office visits. Clicking the appropriate links will provide additional information about the various types of visits. We hope that you will have a good experience at Unifour Pediatrics.

Sick or Injured Visits: (regular & after-hours)
  *Sick Visits ... click here
  *Injury Visits ... click here
  *Complex Chronic-Care Patient Visits ... click here
  *Other ... click here (also, see "behavioral" below)

Health Maintenance Visits (regular office hours only):
  *Newborn Office Visits ... click here
  *Well Child Check-ups ... click here
  *Pre-school Physicals ... click here
  *Elementary School Check-ups "Physicals"... click here
  *Well teen/youth Check-ups "Physicals" ... click here
  *Sports/School Physicals ... click here
  *Camp Physicals ... click here
  *College-age and Young Adult physicals ... click here

Counseling/Parenting/Behavioral Visits (regular office hours only):
  *Parenting Question Visits ... click here
  *Behavioral or Psychological Visit... click here
  *Counseling Visit... click here
  *Possible ADHD Visit... click here
  *ADHD Follow-up Visit... click here