Probiotics

Can probiotics help when my child has an infection and needs to take antibiotics? Christine Waasdorp Hurtado, MD, FAAP Answer Antibiotics can kill both good and bad bacteria in your child’s gut. This may throw your child’s gut “microbiome” out of balance. The microbiome is made up of the microscopic organisms—bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites—that […]

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Medical Home

At Pathway Pediatrics we strive to create a “Medical Home” for our patients and their families. The concept of a medical home was initiated by the American Academy of Pediatrics in the 1960s. As technology has evolved, organizations that look at the quality of medical care have begun to further define what constitutes a medical […]

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COVID Time: In Office Visits

Visits during COVID-19 In the office Even though families are staying home to prevent the spread of COVID-19, there are still important reasons why you may need to bring your child into the office, including: Newborn visits after a baby is born. To stay up-to-date on immunizations and well child visits. For hearing and vision screenings. To […]

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Telehealth during COVID-19

One of the many changes COVID-19 has brought to our office is the addition of telemhealth. This is a service that enables us to provide your child with healthcare via a media platform such as Zoom. Your child must meet certain criteria, determined by our schedulers, in order to be a candidate for a telemedicine […]

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Medical Home

At Pathway Pediatrics we strive to create a “Medical Home” for our patients and their families. The concept of a medical home was initiated by the American Academy of Pediatrics in the 1960s. As technology has evolved, organizations that look at the quality of medical care have begun to further define what constitutes a medical […]

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Meet Kristen Lawhorn, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

In case you haven’t met Kristen in our office yet, we wanted to formally introduce her. We are blessed to have her on our Pathway team of skilled and dedicated providers. Kristen is a Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. Kristen graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2015 and completed her bachelors of nursing […]

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