If you are coming into our office and you or your child have new symptoms the day of your appointment, please call our office before arriving. You will be screened again for COVID19 symptoms and may need to reschedule. Thank you for your understanding.
The Mass Dept of Public Health issued new guidelines for quarantine if you are exposed to someone with COVID19. Please click here to review them.
Labs are now being released immediately to MyChart. Some of these may show some minor abnormalities which are clinically insignificant. Please be confident that your healthcare provider will review each lab value and will contact you if there are any concerns. Please allow your healthcare provider the time to evaluate each value and then communicate with you which may take 1-2 days.
Now that we are starting to see more patients in the office, we want to let you know about the changes we have made to help prevent the spread of COVID19. If you come in for an appointment here is what you can expect:
All patients over age 2 and staff will wear masks at all times in the office except for parts of the exam or diagnostic testing.
When you come for your in office visit, call our office once you are in the parking lot to register by phone
To minimize the amount of patients in the waiting room, you may be asked to wait in your car until we call you when the waiting room is empty.
We are using designated separate rooms for “well visits” and for “sick visits”
Every room will have a thorough cleaning after every patient
Follow up and future appointments will be scheduled in the exam room instead of waiting at the check out desk
We ask that only 1 adult accompanies the patient and no siblings brought along if possible, to minimize amount of people in the office.
Our staff is being screened each day for symptoms and for a fever. If symptomatic, they are not allowed in the office until they are well.
We are still offering Virtual Visits if you prefer this. If you are not already signed up for mychart, give us a call to have your account activated.
As always, if you have any questions feel free to call us. We want to make sure you feel comfortable about how your child receives their medical care.
Our goal at RPA is to ensure the health and safety of all our patients. Due to recent events across the country, we know that children will have a lot of questions, and we want to make sure you as parents feel comfortable discussing these issues with them. The American Academy of Pediatrics has put together some great resources for parents to talk to their children about racism. You can access this through the links below. We are always available in the office if you have any further questions or concerns.
Talking to Children About Racism: The Time is Now
Many of our patients who have ADHD have a plan in place at school (an IEP) to help them focus on their learning. We understand that without those specific guidelines in place now due to remote learning, it can be a challenge for the child and the parent to get through schoolwork at home Boston Children’s Hospital has come up with some guidelines that we have attached below. You can always reach out to us with any questions as well!
The weather is finally taking a turn and we know many of you will be spending more time outdoors. Of course we continue to recommend keeping 6 feet away from others and wearing face masks for patients over the age of 2. Here is a link to information about sunscreen from the AAP that you can reference if you have any questions. Stay safe and healthy out there!
We are doing our best at RPA to try to keep you and your children healthy, especially during a pandemic. This is why we have recommended that patients under 2 come in for their appointments to get vaccines, and starting soon we will have older patients due for vaccines coming in as well. We are still making sure that there is little to no waiting in the waiting room, we are cleaning rooms after every patient, and separating rooms and time slots for “well child visits” and “sick child visits”. Here is a great article from Boston Children’s Hospital explaining how important these visits are during these times:
https://discoveries.childrenshospital.org/vaccines-during-covid-19/
And if you have any questions about bringing your child into our office feel free to give us a call!
First and foremost, all of us at Roslindale Pediatrics want to thank you all, our families, for bearing with us and continuing to trust us to care for your families during these incredibly difficult times. We are working diligently to ensure we provide the best and safest care for all of our patients. We continue to look at current recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics as well as the Center for Disease Control as we slowly resume in person office visits. It is recommended that we continue scheduling in person well visits for patients that require vaccinations. Thus, our new in office well visit scheduling guidelines are as follows:
At this time, we will continue to ONLY provide well child care in the morning.
All children under the age of 18 months will be seen in our office during the morning hours for well child care.
We will be adding in the following:
Children aged 4 and 11 years can be seen for well visits in our office on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the later morning hours.
Additionally, we will be adding in evening appointments for in person visits for our 16 year old patients, as well as those who are college bound. These will be scheduled between 5:30-7:30pm.
We will continue to see sick visits in the office between the hours of 1-5pm. We will continue to offer virtual well visits for children NOT requiring vaccines (those that do not fit into the groups described above), as well as virtual sick visits.
As recommendations and guidelines continue to change, we will continue to update you on what we will be doing at RPA. Thank you for your patience!
Click below for an article from CNN explaining the importance of vaccinating our children during a pandemic:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/08/health/childhood-vaccines-cdc-covid-wellness
Due to concerns for the risk of preventable diseases spreading, such as Measles, Polio, and Pertussis, we are now recommending that our patients who have recently turned 4 and 11 and are due for their annual check up come into the office for their exam and vaccines. If you have already had this appointment virtually we will reach out to you to schedule an appointment for their vaccines. If the appointment is already scheduled we will call you to reschedule it for a timeslot between 11-12 on a Monday, Wednesday, or a Friday starting on May 26th.
We understand concerns for bringing your child outside the home and into a medical facility, so this is what we are doing to protect our patients:
We are only seeing healthy patients in the morning who need their routine vaccines, and only seeing sick patients in the afternoon.
We are also placing them in separate rooms.
We are all wearing masks and eye protection in the office and are asking our patients over 2 and parents to wear a mask when they enter.
We are cleaning surfaces and equipment between all of our patient visits.
We are rooming patients as soon as they arrive so you will not have to wait in the waiting room long.
Things are changing frequently, so please check back often for updates on our office and visits. If you have any questions feel free to give us a call.
We are constantly working to raise the bar on our services. If you have any questions or concerns about your experience, please contact our office to let us know.
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