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Dr. Hayden is a primary care practitioner located centrally in Cranston, RI.
He has been in practice for the past 25 years in the same location.
His practice welcomes pediatric patients as well as adults.
He cares for a wide range of diagnoses including diabetes, sports medicine, asthma and allergy, as well as dermatological issues. 
Dr. Hayden participates in most all insurance plans.
 
Patient Centered Medical Home
He is Level 1 certified in the "Patient Centered Medical Home".
Excerpt from the website:
http://www.ncqa.org/tabid/631/default.aspx

"NCQA’s Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) 2011 is an innovative program for improving primary care. In a set of standards that describe clear and specific criteria, the program gives practices information about organizing care around patients, working in teams and coordinating and tracking care over time. The NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home standards strengthen and add to the issues addressed by NCQA’s original program.

The Patient Centered Medical Home is a health care setting that facilitates partnerships between individual patients, and their personal physicians, and when appropriate, the patient’s family. Care is facilitated by registries, information technology, health information exchange and other means to assure that patients get the indicated care when and where they need and want it in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner."

More Information on the Patient-Centered Medical Home

http://www.emmisolutions.com/medicalhome/pcpcc/index.html

Office Policies
Please review the office policies section before your first visit and regularly while you are under our care.
Health insurance and medical policies change on occasion, and we will update this section as these changes occur.
 
Services Offered
  • Online Eligibility Checking
  • Online Lab Request
  • Online Prescriptions (New & Renewal)
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Communication through secure patient portal (lab results, radiologhy results,etc)
  • Diabetic & chronic care nurse specialist on premises (once weekly at present).

 

Electronic Medical Records and Prescriptions
Dr. Hayden has been using electronic medical records since 1997. 
He has been sending prescriptions electronically since 2006.
 
Meaningful Use Certification
We are using SOAPWare 2012, a CCHIT-certified EMR which provides a foundation to the "Meaningful Use" designation of an Electronic Medical Record. 
Our office was certified by CMS in Meaningful Use late in 2011.
Through integration with Surescripts, prescriptions are sent electronically to the pharmacy or Pharmacy-benefits manager. 
We are now able to transmit and receive the CCR or medical record for the patient, hospital ER or any specialist that uses Surescripts.
 
This promises to be an exciting phase in the exchange of medical information and the overall care of our patients.
 
 
Email
We are able to securely send results to our patients via secure portal that is associated with our electronic medical record.
However, since security is still an issue for email communication, we are not participating in two-way email communication.
 
Podcasts
Podcasts are available for cholesterol-related issues.
 
News Headlines
News Headlines (in the left frame) provides up-to-date information on seasonal illnesses, conditions and trends. Other headlines may be seen in the right frame.
 
 
OnSite Testing
     
  • Strep Testing
  • Cholesterol Testing ( 5mins)
  • Diabetic Teaching Weekly (for Equipment, Insulin injections, and Nutrition)
  • Blood Sugar Testing
  • HBA1C (glycohemoglobin) Testing
  • Urinalysis 
  • Urine for Microalbumin
  • Liver Function Testing
  • Electrocardiograms
  • Echocardiograms-In Office
  • Spirometry and Lung Function Testing 
  • Care of the chronic patients