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Patient Education


Patient Centered Medical Home

Patient Centered Medical Home is defined as an approach to providing comprehensive primary care that facilitates partnerships between individual patients, and their personal physicians and when appropriate, the patient’s family.  This video will describe more about the Patient Centered Medical Home.

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Patient Education Videos

Education is the best medicine

MedPeds has partnered with wired.MD to bring you these patient education videos.  We believe that these web-based videos are sure to provide you with valuable information on these important topics.

 

Cholesterol Screening

 

Hypertension

 

Type-2 Diabetes

Cholesterol Screening

 

Hypertension

 

Type 2 Diabetes

Did you know that high cholesterol can increase your risk of heart attack or stroke? Get more facts on cholesterol. This video explains some important facts that you'll want to know.   Hypertension - or high blood pressure - affects nearly 1 in 3 adults in the United States. Get more facts on hyperstension. This video explains some important facts that you'll want to know.   Diabetes is a disease that keeps the body from turning food into energy.  Get more facts on Type 2 Diabetes. This video explains some important facts that you'll want to know.