Parents, we’ve all been there. It’s 9:00 p.m. at night, your child is sick and your other children are sleeping. The hubby isn’t home. What is your choice? Wake up the other kids, lug them to urgent care and get your antibiotic. Not anymore because there’s an app for that! New in Dallas, nurse practitioners are making house calls for sick kids with PediaQ.
This takes convenience to a whole “notha” level! You get the same quality of care as a doctor’s office but with the comfort and convenience of staying at home. There’s no risk of being exposed to other sick kids in a waiting area. And PediaQ will follow up with the family and their pediatrician the next day.
Using an Uber-like app on their iPhone, parents can put in a request for service from PediaQ . A nurse practitioner will call for details and make sure it’s not an emergency that warrants a trip to the ER. Then the practitioner will come to your home, a babsitters house, hotel room, where ever, within an hour.
Nurse practitioners can treat a long list of ailments and can write prescriptions. And for an extra fee, they’ll even pick up your prescription at a nearby pharmacy and deliver it to you.
PediaQ launched today and so far during beta testing, the reviews were REMARKABLE!
PediaQ is offering $50 off the first visit with promo PDQ15. PediaQ is available from 4pm-12am on weekdays and 8am-12am on weekends. PediaQ will soon expand hours of operations to 4pm-8am on weekdays and 24 hours per day on weekends. For more information visit their website (www.pediaq.care) and follow them on Facebook (www.facebook.com/pediaq)
A visit costs $150 — after 10 p.m. it goes up to $250. Other services like lab tests cost extra.
PediaQ doesn’t accept insurance. But prices are competitive with urgent care centers and typically less expensive than an ER visit. And its bill has all the detail that families need to submit to their insurance provider for reimbursement. In many cases a PediaQ visit would be considered an out-of-network expense. In my personal case, it would cost me $75 after my insurance paid me back. Well worth the time and effort and keeping my child at home and comfortable.
PediaQ is a potential game changer for parents in need of non-emergency, pediatric urgent care services when their pediatricians’ offices are closed. Check out this video for more information!
