About the program

• Are you ready for adult care?

  Talk to your pediatrician and specialists to see if you:

    •  Are 17 years or older
    •  Have one or more chronic medical condition originating in childhood
    •  Follow with one or more specialist, often within the Nationwide Children's Hospital system

• Who are the members of the transition team?

    •  Transition primary care doctors board certified in pediatrics and internal medicine 
  •  Specialist doctors
  •  Transition coordinators 
  •  Nurses
  •  Social worker
  •  Pharmacists

• What do we talk about?

    •  Becoming responsible for your health care (making appointments, refilling prescriptions
        etc.)
  •  Insurance coverage
  •  Education, career and job counseling
  •  Mental health, coping with disease, identifying your support system
  •  Smoking, drugs and alcohol
  •  Sexual health 
  •  Preventative care 
  •  Portable medical summary
  •  Identification of adult specialists 

• What is the transition process?

  Ask your doctor to place a referral to our clinic if you are ready for transition. You will do a pre-visit intake with one of our transition coordinators at the Grandview clinic. You will have a visit with your transition primary care doctor at Grandview or Hilliard location depending on your preference

  Over several visits we will cover the issues above. You can continue to stay with your transition primary care doctor or they can help you switch to another adult doctor closer to you when you are ready.