PARSONS PEDIATRICS CLINIC

"Where Children are Special "

Parsons, KS 67357
ph: 620-421-0002
fax: 620-421-0230
alt: 620-820-4084
dixit@dixitcanfixit.com

FAQs

How can I transfer my child's records?

Any transfer of medical records must be requested in writing and must include the full name and birth date of the patient, along with a signature from the legally responsible parent or guardian. Please include addresses and phone numbers of the other office. Our office provides a form to fill out to make this process easy, found on our Forms & Policies page.

What is going around in the community?

Parents often wonder if their child's symptoms are commonly seen in the community at any given time. Our News page is frequently updated with "What's Going Around?"

Why should I choose a pediatrician?

Pediatricians are specially educated and trained in diagnosing and treating illnesses in infants, children and adolescents.

Comprehensive well-child care (or preventive care) benefits not only the individual patient and family, but the healthcare system as a whole.

Well-child care truly is one of the greatest values in medicine. A whole year of preventive or well-child care costs relatively little, and provides a huge value in both the quality of care and in cutting the cost of expensive illnesses and injuries .(Prevention Is Better Than Cure)

Children deserve a medical home - a place where their care is easily accessible, family-centered, continuous, comprehensive, coordinated, compassionate, and culturally effective.

Pediatricians are not just about shots and growth charts. We are concerned with your child’s entire spectrum of development - physical, mental, social, and emotional.

Parents are opting to use urgent care, retail-based clinics and other venues to obtain quick diagnoses, treatments or physicals without having to make an appointment to see their pediatrician. This means their child is seen by someone who does not have their child’s medical history.

Pediatricians have a great deal of education and training about infectious diseases in children. Isn’t it best to have the experts diagnose and treat such an illness so that the child - and the community - have the best chance of fighting it?

The idea that children can have minor problems taken care of at these alternative venues, and that the pediatrician’s office should be saved for chronic or complex problems fragments the patient’s care and disrupts the continuity of care needed for the patient.

What should we do for after hours care?

While most routine questions can be answered on our "Patient Education" pages, occasionally parents need to speak with a physician after hours.

We will be glad to help those parents whose children are sick after hours.

Non-emergent questions should be addressed to the office to be answered during normal business hours.

If you feel your child needs to be seen emergently after hours, please go to the nearby Emergency room or Urgent Care Center.

If you need to urgently speak with Dr. Dixit after hours he can be reached by calling 421-4880 and having him paged by the operator.

Why is the wait so long?

No one likes to wait at the doctor's office. We don't want our patients to have long waits. We continuously monitor waiting times and try to improve our office workflow. Unfortunately, with pediatrics, there are always things that come up unexpectedly in our schedule. We can be running right on time, but one patient is all it takes to fall behind. Please be patient with us! Remember if it is your child that needs the extra time, we will take that time.

What makes the wait so long in the first place?

Sick Children Most of our “sick” appointments are fairly quick visits, and are scheduled as such. Children who are truly sick and require more time (breathing treatments, stitches, admission to the hospital, sending for x-ray, or watching as they sip fluids over a few hours) back us up. They take extra physician and nursing time and may tie up a room for several hours. Please understand that this may happen any time, and even an otherwise low patient volume day can be consumed by one sick child. Most importantly, if it is your child, we will spend the required time to adequately treat him/her.

Address and Insurance information and other “bookkeeping” issues. Please be ready with all current insurance information as you check in. For all new patients and existing patients with insurance changes, our receptionists may need to call the insurance company to verify information, so please arrive early for your appointments.

School physical forms. Often high school age kids come in for sport physicals without the required form filled in. The form MUST be completed filled before the physician can see the patient as the Kansas state form is detailed and takes time to fill out. Please fill it out before coming to the office. If you do not have them, click on the "Health Forms" tab above to see if we have a copy for you.

Walk-ins. We welcome patients who are sick in our office. We will accomodate every child who needs to be seen and will try our best to work around your schedule and provide quality care to your child!

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Parsons, KS 67357
ph: 620-421-0002
fax: 620-421-0230
alt: 620-820-4084
dixit@dixitcanfixit.com