You owe it to your child to take charge of his / her health care and do everything possible to obtain the best medical care possible during doctor appointments and in the hospital.

Do You Know?

According to the Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality (AHRQ),

"Medical errors are one of the Nation's leading causes of death and injury.

• Rates of medication errors and adverse drug events for hospitalized children were comparable to rates for hospitalized adults as published in a 2001 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
• However, the rate for potential adverse drug events was three times higher in children, and substantially higher still for babies in neonatal intensive care units.
• Studies of medical errors outside the hospital are just getting underway."

You Can:

• Prevent Medical Errors
• Obtain better care for your child - faster and more accurate diagnoses

By:

• Becoming a more effective leader of your child's healthcare team
• Learning how to provide better information and information the doctor may not think to ask
• Learning to be more assertive and proactive when seeking child medical care
• Being more knowledgeable about the way the body functions
• Learning how to research your child's health conditions, medications and treatment options
• Having guidelines and a way to capture your child's entire medical history
• Effectively gathering and using family medical history and more...

Give your child the gift of his or her complete medical history in one concise and easy to use notebook when he leaves home to go out on his own. A gift that could save his or her life.

Last Updated March,  2010

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