Pediatric Specialists of Foxboro & Wrentham

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OUR COMMITMENT TO PATIENT SATISFACTION
Pediatric Specialists has launched a campaign to better ensure patient satisfaction. As we will be adding some innovative amenities to your visit we want you to let us know if you have any ways we could have made your visit better. We are interested in hearing from you and your experience whether calling on the phone or being seen at either office. Feel free to call the office or email us at our newly created email accounts intended specifically for your feedback. Please send to the applicable email box:
Foxborough Office (customerservicefoxboro@pediatricspec.com)

Our commitment is sincere and we hope you will help us to make your experience the very best possible.
Welcome To Pediatric Specialists. This site is intended to be both informative and educational, a valuable resource for our patients and all of our visitors. Stop by periodically to see what's been added. Any comments on the content and scope of this site would be appreciated, and may be sent to our webmaster. Please also visit the web pages of the American Academy of Pediatrics for some excellent health information related to your child.

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October 3,2010: Flu clinics are being held and scheduled at both the Foxboro and Wrentham offices. Please call if you wish to have your child immunized. Flu vaccine can be administered to all children 6 months of age or older. The vaccine shoud not be administered to anyone with egg allergy. Children under 11 years old who are receiving flu vaccine for the first time will need two doses ( separated by at least one month) in order to provide adequate immunity.In subsequent years they will only need one dose.
Pediatric Specialists has tried to prioritize the early immunizations of flu vaccine by identifying and calling our higher risk patients with asthma or other chronic diseases. If your child has asthma or is in any way "high risk" and you have not yet received a call please contact the office to set up an appointment . Although we are prioritizing this group we encourage all patients wishing to receive the influenza vaccine to call for an appointment. This year's vaccine includes seasonal fu along with the H1N1 component.Thus far we have had no problems with supply. It is uncertain when we will start to see cases of influenza so it is best to get immunized before cases start to appear.
August 4, 2010: Announcement #1-We are currently beginning to plan our yearly administration of inluenza vaccines. This year the vaccines will contain both the seasonal flu as well as the H1N1 (swine) component. If your child has never received flu vaccine and is under 11 years old he/she will need two doses separated by at least a month. If your child only received one dose of H1N1 last season it would be preferrable to receive two doses this year. Flu vaccine is not administered to children under 6 months.
Although we have not yet received supplies we are beginning to plan clinics for both offices. Our initial effort in early September will be to immunize our asthmatics and other high risk patients. If supply is adequate we will also begin immunizing all wishing to receive the flu vaccine. We will be posting clinic dates on this site and any other information that we feel will be necessary. Hopefully without any unexpected shortages we should be able to immunize all our patients wishing to receive the vaccine. Again we will have some supply of the live intranasal vaccine as well for those who wish to receive it and are not excluded by age or chronic illness such as asthma or immune issues.

DISCLAIMER: A Web site does not adequately replace the information and advice received on a personal basis in your doctor's office. Knowledge of your child, your child's history and the location specific issues are critical to making decisions about your child's care. The information on this site is not intended to be all inclusive and may in fact at times differ from other practitioners ideas. Pediatric Specialists therefore takes no responsibility for the all inclusive accuracy and content of these pages or that of links from these pages. We ask that for formal medical advice you seek the counsel of your own doctor.