Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Providing the Best Care for Children and Adults

Welcome to Internal Medicine/Pediatrics at Crystal Run. Internal Medicine/Pediatrics physicians are trained in pediatrics (treating children under 21) who are dedicated to caring for your child from infancy through adolescence, as well as educating you on prevention and wellness strategies to keep your kids healthy, active, and safe, as well as internal medicine (treating adults age 18 and up) who specialize in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adults including cancer, infections, and diseases affecting the heart, blood, kidneys, joints, and digestive, respiratory and vascular systems. While our internal medicine/pediatrics physicians' primary responsibility includes health maintenance and disease screening for children and adults, they are also trained in the essentials of primary care and serve as consultants to specialists in a variety of disciplines to manage and coordinate care for their patients.

Different Types of Primary Care Doctors

At Crystal Run Healthcare, our primary care providers include:

• Pediatricians – Who treat children under 21
• Internists – Doctors of Internal Medicine, who treat adults ages 18 and older
• Family Medicine doctors – Who see patients of all ages
• Nurse Practitioners – Highly trained nurses qualified to treat patients without the direct supervision of a doctor
• Geriatric Specialists – Who provide primary care for seniors

Some prefer a family physician who can treat each member of the family. Family doctors have undergone special training to treat patients of every age—infants, teens, adults, and seniors alike.

Whether you choose a family practitioner, an internist, or a geriatric specialist, your primary care provider at Crystal Run Healthcare will manage and coordinate all your healthcare needs; he or she will help you with all of the following:

• Prevention and wellness strategies
• Coordination of all appropriate health screenings, such as mammograms, pap smears, colonoscopies, and lab work
• Coordination of any care you may need from our renowned staff of Crystal Run specialists, including surgeons, obstetricians, and other physicians to help solve complicated problems in diagnosis and treatment

Coordinated Care Every Step of the Way

PCPs coordinate patient care where needed, whether it is in the office, hospital, intensive care unit, or nursing home. Plus, our sophisticated electronic health records system digitally links your primary care provider with any specialist in our practice. They can see and share your information instantly, enabling them to work together to bring you more responsive, immediate care.

Proven Quality Patient Care

Crystal Run Healthcare has been designated a Level-3 Patient-Centered Medical Home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)—the highest level a healthcare practice or facility can receive. This distinguished designation recognizes our use of information systems to measure the quality of care we provide to patients across our healthcare practice, as well as the measures we take to improve health outcomes for our patients.

We offer integrated, coordinated care for all patients, including those with common medical conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, and congestive heart failure. In fact, our care management data proves that patients with these conditions receive better care, demonstrated by measures that exceed national quality benchmarks. Simply put, patients treated at Crystal Run Healthcare feel better and have better results.