Continuing History: Carrying Forward Constant Information Between Well Child Visits

Background A unique aspect of pediatric primary care is the frequency of early preventive care visits. There are 10 recommended well-child visits (WCV) from birth to age 2 years. Repetitive requests within short time intervals for contextual information pertinent to the child’s welfare are redundant and may negatively affect the provider-parent relationship. Objectives To describe an electronic health record (EHR) discrete data Continuing History form associated with age-specific WCV encounter templates. The Continuing History …