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Question: How can I support long-term heart health for my child?
Answer:Supporting long-term heart health for your child involves promoting a healthy diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean proteins, along with encouraging regular physical activity and limiting sedentary time. Regular checkups are critical to recognizing potential heart problem symptoms.
Educating your child about heart-healthy habits and providing emotional support within the family are important, along with setting a good example by adopting healthy behaviors as a family.
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Question: How common is it for a child to have a heart condition?
Answer:Heart conditions in children, particularly congenital heart defects (CHDs), are relatively common. Here are some key statistics:
- Congenital heart defects: CHDs are the most common type of birth defect. Approximately 1 in 100 to 1 in 200 babies are born with a congenital heart defect. This translates to about 40,000 babies per year in the United States alone.
- Acquired heart conditions: While less common than congenital defects, children can develop acquired heart conditions such as rheumatic heart disease, Kawasaki disease and myocarditis. These conditions can result from infections, inflammation or other diseases.
- Arrhythmias: Heart rhythm problems, or arrhythmias, can also occur in children, although they are less common than structural heart defects.
- Treatment: Some heart conditions in children are minor and may resolve on their own or require minimal treatment, while others can be severe and require ongoing medical care, medication or surgery.
Regular prenatal care, early detection through screening, and advances in pediatric cardiology have significantly improved the diagnosis and treatment outcomes for children with heart conditions.
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Question: What should I expect at a pediatric cardiology appointment?
Answer:At a pediatric cardiology appointment, you can expect to provide a detailed medical history, and discuss symptoms or concerns with the cardiologist. The doctor will perform a thorough physical examination and may conduct diagnostic tests such as an echocardiogram, electrocardiogram, chest X-ray, pulse oximetry or blood tests. Based on the findings, the cardiologist will explain the diagnosis, discuss treatment options, and outline a follow-up plan.
This appointment is an opportunity to ask questions and receive educational materials about your child's heart health, conditions and health care plan. Coordination with your child's primary care doctor or other specialists may also be arranged for ongoing care and monitoring.
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Question: What is a hospitalist?
Answer:Hospitalists are physicians who only work in the hospital. They are your in-hospital doctor and are available throughout your stay to discuss your care and treatment with you and your family. They're dedicated to ensuring you receive the very best care.
Hospitalist medicine is the fastest-growing specialty in health care, and our hospitalists have grown to supervise the majority of our inpatients across the AdventHealth network of care.
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Question: Can I request a specific manufacturer of medicine?
Answer:We fill prescriptions for AdventHealth employees with generic versions, when possible. You cannot request a specific manufacturer. This process helps keep our costs down for you and the benefits packages we offer to our employees.
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Question: Why should I ask for a 90-day prescription?
Answer:A 90-day supply delivers more than convenience. You get significant cost savings with a three-month supply. It’s a win-win for your wallet and peace of mind. Ask your physician to authorize a 90-day supply of your medication.
We transfer only prescriptions that are written to dispense a 30-day or more supply from another pharmacy.
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Question: What laws protect my health and privacy?
Answer:AdventHealth Rx Plus Pharmacy follows your state laws to ensure we safely and confidently fill your prescription. These include, but are not limited to, the following regulations:
More InfoMore InfoFaxed Prescriptions
We cannot accept faxed prescriptions for schedule 2 controlled medications. The original written prescription must be mailed to us.
Valid Dates
Prescriptions for controlled substances are only valid for six months from the date the prescription was written, even if there are refills remaining.
Returned Medication
Medications cannot be returned to the pharmacy unless the entire package has not been opened.
Generic Medication
In the state of Florida, it is the law that a pharmacy must dispense a generic drug in place of a brand-name drug, whenever one is available. This law is in place to ensure that the customer or health plan is paying for the least expensive option.
If a physician decides that they would prefer that a pharmacy dispense a brand-name drug instead of the available generic one, “medically necessary” must be written on the prescription. The physician cannot write “dispense brand,” “no substitution,” “DAW,” or “dispense as written.” The pharmacy, by law, is still required to dispense the generic drug unless “medically necessary” is included on the prescription.
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Question: How is our Prescription Plan Designed?
Answer:For more information and details on the prescription plan design, visit our FAQ section.
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Question: Having Technical Issues?
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Question: What is MedsOnCue?
Answer:MedsOnCue delivers hundreds of on-demand medication videos, in both English and Spanish, straight to your smartphone and electronic tablets. Other valuable services included Med Guides, written information, drug images and more.