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What Is Next Generation Care?It is simple mathematics: Next Generation care allows the physician to provide a significantly increased level of service by decreasing the number of patients in the practice. Many of the criticisms of the current model of health care originate from the fact that each physician must care for too many patients. The more patients physicians have, the less accessible they become. This translates into increased difficulty contacting the office, inability to contact the physician after routine hours in a timely manner, longer waiting times, and decreased time actually spent with the physician. Both the doctor and the families are often left unsatisfied by the experience. The principle behind Next Generation care becomes obvious when we compare the numbers. A traditional pediatrician often sees 30 to 40 patients in a single day. We will close the practice to new patients when the physician starts averaging 6 to 8 visits per day. A traditional practice may have 1 nurse or 1 medical assistant to help the doctor care for these 30 to 40 patients per day. We will have 2 nurses assisting the doctor to care for our 6 to 8 patients per day. We have a lot less patients and a lot more time to care for them. Our lower numbers give us the flexibility to offer such unique amenities as home visits and direct physician cell phone access. Our increased staff means reaching an answering machine instead of a live person is virtually impossible. Simply stated, we believe an hour spent in the office should be with the physician in an exam room and not with someone else's sick children in the waiting room. We couple the luxury of increased time and availability with the reassurance of ability. Dr. Erik Cohen has spent the last four years working in both a busy private pediatric office and an urban emergency room which cares for 30,000 children per year. Although he was just one of the greater than 200 board certified pediatricians in over 35 specialties at the Connecticut Children's Medical Center, he was singled out several times for awards in both community pediatrics and emergency medicine. He brings with him a staff of hand-picked pediatric nurses known for their experience, skill and compassion. Nia Nikolaidis brings her 9 years of experience to complete the team as business manager. For more information about us, please click here. Lastly, Next Generation care means providing an environment which is as fun as it is functional. Kids love the age-appropriate exam rooms and the optical entertainment systems like those found in children's museums. Parents love our negative pressure room specially designed to prevent the spread of air-borne infections from one child to another. They love our electronic medical records which give our solo doctor 24/7 access to extremely detailed charts. They love that their prescriptions are electronically sent to the pharmacy before they have left the office and that they will often be given written personalized care plans upon leaving. They love that we will do all the specimen collection instead of sending them to a laboratory and that we will stitch cuts and give IV fluids instead of sending them to an emergency room. Lastly, they love their cup of coffee or chai latte that they can drink while checking e-mail in an empty waiting room. The only place in the United States where your family can experience Next Generation care is at Next Generation Pediatrics in Greenwich, Connecticut. We welcome you to take an on-line look at our services by clicking here. We look forward to hearing from you and hope you will decide to join us. Please understand that in order to provide this level of service, the number of children must be strictly limited. Enrollment is presently open. |
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