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Dr. Spicker Celebrates 30 years at Pediatric Associates!
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This month, Dr. Cindy Spicker celebrates 30 years at Pediatric Associates. Dr. Spicker is a native of the Columbus, Ohio area and moved to Cincinnati to complete her residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. After a few years at a different practice, she joined Chris, Chris and Barry as our first female partner physician.
From the beginning, Dr. Spicker was known for her intelligence, compassion, work ethic and professionalism. Many of our patients, first and second generation, have benefitted from her thoughtful and well-informed medical care. What our patients may not know though, is how much her leadership has helped shape our practice. Dr. Spicker’s wise guidance and mentorship over the course of her career has helped others grow into even better clinicians and team members. Dr. Spicker also served as our managing partner for 4 years, working closely with our CEO to lead the practice and make important updates, including our electronic health record system. In addition to her contributions at PANK, Dr. Spicker also dedicated many years as a board member of the Family Nurturing Center in Florence. She did all this while raising 3 great kids with her husband Chris!
Please join us in congratulating and thanking Dr. Spicker the next time you see her!
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Anxiety Screening at Well Visits Beginning in July
Many of you may be aware that Pediatric Associates is a partner with other local independent pediatric practices and Cincinnati Children's in several of our clinical quality initiatives. The overall goal of these projects is to improve children's health in our community by partnering specialists and primary care providers to develop and implement treatment guidelines for use in primary care settings. This month, we will be launching our latest effort with this group to improve screening for anxiety in teens ages 12-17 years at well visits. This will be in addition to existing depression screening. The anxiety screening work is the culmination of a year of collaborative meetings between pediatric primary care providers (including two of our own providers) and specialists at CCHMC developing provider education, practice resources, and treatment guidelines. Annual screening for anxiety is recommended by multiple professional organizations and the US Preventive Task Force. It is our sincere hope that our continued systematic focus on identifying mental health issues early will improve the long term health (physical and mental) of our patients. Please let us know at your visit if you have any questions about this!
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Back to School Physicals and Paperwork
If your child needs a sports physical or school physical for fall, please call today to schedule!
If your child had a well visit within 11 months ot the start of school, but needs paperwork only, we have several ways you can contact us to have this paperwork completed.
You can request to pick up Immunization Records and School Physical forms through our online portal or by calling 859-341-5400 and pressing "4" for medical records.
For paperwork that needs to be filled out or reviewed by us (such as school medication administration forms or sports physical forms), you can email it to medical records at records@pediatricassociatesnky.com) or drop it off at one of the offices.
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Self scheduling for Saturday flu clinics now available!
Annual flu vaccination is a safe and effective way to prevent severe illness, hospitalization, and death from the flu virus. We are going to continue to offer the flu vaccines not only to our patients but also the adults who live with them.
Our flu clinic schedule is now open for fall Saturday clinics at Crestview Hills (9/27, 10/18, and 11/1). We also have weekday appointments open at all locations. Please call or schedule yourself on the portal under the Appointments tab to get the day and time you prefer. If you are not yet registered for the portal, call us or send us an email at portalhelp@pediatricassociatesnky.com.
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Check in From Home
You can now check in for your appointment from home. When you get a text to remind you of an upcoming appointment you can take care of all the check in work before you get to the office. Just click the link so you can check your demographics, give us your new insurance information and fill out forms before you get to our office. You can also do this from your portal account. We hope this makes your next visit to our office a little nicer.
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ADHD Parent Support Group
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For parents of children entering 4th to 10th grade with an ADHD diagnosis.
Learn - Develop a greater understanding of executive function and its impact on school, home, and social functioning.
Connect - Be supported by other parents who are in the same boat; share your experiences and learn from others.
Collaborate - Work with the group to develop strategies for supporting your child with ADHD, walk away with ample resources.
Flyer
Wednesdays, 6:00-7:30 pm - Crestview Hills Down Office - July 16th - August 20th
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By now, every family should have received an email from "Pediatric Associates PSC KY " to activate your children's accounts.. If you have not received the email, please call us, email us at portalhelp@pediatricassociatesnky.com, or stop by our front desk when you are in the office - we can send another email on the spot! We will also send another welcome email this month.
For more information on the new portal, see our
Parent Quick Reference Guide
! Please note access to our old portal is now ended.
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Travel Medicine
Is your family planning a trip out of the country this year? Do you think you may need vaccines before you go, or medications to take with you? We want you to stay safe and healthy while you are away! As your family prepares to travel this spring and summer, consider scheduling a travel medicine appointment. Check out this video for more information.
You can also visit the
travel medicine section
of our website
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Website Resources
We have wonderful tips on a variety of topics in the
Medical Library
section of our website including parenting tips, information on medical conditions, medication doses, and much more! We know you will find this helpful.
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Pediatric Associates
2865 Chancellor Dr.
STE 225
Crestview Hills, Ky. 41017
859-341-5400
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