About Us
► Our Mission ► Affiliations ► Honors and Recognitions ► Insurance and Payments ► Immunizations
Our Mission
At Bridgewater Pediatrics, we promote quality medicine and compassionate care. We practice family-centered medicine, and as such, we believe that families play a vital role in promoting the health and well-being of our patients. We partner with you and encourage active participation in your child’s healthcare. We realize the importance of the comprehensive needs of each child: we focus not only on physical health, but also on the emotional, developmental, psychological, and spiritual needs of each patient.
Norman Rockwell’s “Doctor and Doll” painting is an image you’ll see a lot around our office. Rockwell has painted a scene where the doctor is taking the time to care for his young patient by caring for what’s important to her – her sick doll. Like the doctor in this painting, we strive to make every child feel valued, important, and at ease, bringing the personalized feel of “old-fashioned” medicine to our modern day practice.
Affiliations
In the event that your child needs hospitalization or tertiary care, we are affiliated with the following area hospitals:
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Children’s Hospital Boston |
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South Shore Hospital |
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Brockton Hospital |
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Good Samaritan Medical Center
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Inpatient newborn care is provided at South Shore Hospital, Brockton Hospital and Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center. Many newborns born in Boston and other surrounding hospitals are patients at Bridgewater Pediatrics. For more information, please see our Expecting A Baby page.
Honors and Recognitions
Dr. Kern and the team at Bridgewater Pediatrics have the privilege of receiving several honors and recognitions. Some include:
- 2011 Readers Choice for #1 Choice of Doctor/Primary Care Physician or Pediatrician in Bridgewater/Raynham. We have received this award for the past four years.
- 2011 Physician Group Honor Roll in recognition of Excellence in Preventative and Chronic Illness Care for Pediatric Patients. We have received this award for the past two years.
- 2008 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Excellence in Primary Care Award
- Proclamation of Recognition from the Town of Bridgewater, 2008
- Recognition from Anton's Cleaners for helping to collect 68,000 coats in the 2010 Coats for Kids drive
Accepted Insurance Carriers and Payment Options
A variety of managed care, Medicare & Medicaid, PPO, HMO and POS insurance plans are accepted. Please contact our office for details. We conveniently accept a variety of payment options, including cash, check, and credit cards. Please contact the office if you have any questions about payment options.
Our Position on Immunizations
Bridgewater Pediatrics follows the immunization guidelines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). For information about these vaccines, the diseases they protect against, and our typical vaccination schedule, please visit our Immunizations page.