{"id":123,"date":"2015-10-07T19:44:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T19:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smithfamilyclinic.org\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2024-04-03T00:04:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T00:04:44","slug":"step-by-step","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smithfamilyclinic.org\/step-by-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Step-by-step Guide for Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1444318793319{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1711954895597{padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #dd4737;\">Step-by-step Guide<\/span><\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"color: #0d80c5;\">Becoming a Patient<br \/>\nat The Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808080;\">To become a patient at The Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine, you need to get a consult requested by your physician, or you can contact us directly at <strong>256-327-9640<\/strong> to begin the intake process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #dd4737;\"><strong><strong><span style=\"color: #dd4737;\">INITIAL CONTACT<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u2013 <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Potential patients can contact the clinic directly via phone by calling\u00a0<strong style=\"color: #808080;\">256.327.9640.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #dd4737;\"><strong><strong><span style=\"color: #dd4737;\">PRIVACY\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><strong>\u2013<\/strong><\/strong> <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Please see the<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/smithfamilyclinic.org\/notice-of-privacy-practices\/\">Notice of\u00a0Privacy Practices<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #808080;\">or the Spanish version of the Spanish<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/smithfamilyclinic.org\/notice-of-privacy-practices-spanish\/\">Notice of Privacy Practices<\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #dd4737;\">RECORD REVIEW<span style=\"color: #dd4737;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Information and prior medical records will be reviewed by the clinic team prior to scheduling an appointment for a clinical evaluation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #dd4737;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #dd4737;\">PATIENT ENROLLMENT<span style=\"color: #dd4737;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Potential patients will receive an electronic invitation to enroll in The Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine\u2019s Genome Gateway\u00ae.\u00a0The Genome Gateway can be accessed through the \u201cpatient login\u201d button at the top of this page.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #dd4737;\"><b>APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING<strong><span style=\"color: #dd4737;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Upon receipt of the referring physician\u2019s completed\/signed SFC Consult Request Form, the referring physician\u2019s last chart notes from the patient\u2019s most recent appointment and completion of Genome Gateway the patient is then scheduled for an appointment at Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"color: #dd4737;\">CLINIC VISIT<span style=\"color: #dd4737;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">A first appointment date is set by The Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine and patient. A typical visit to the clinic will include a review of medical, developmental, and family histories, physical examination, assessment by a medical geneticist and genomic counselor and discussion of testing options.\u00a0If it is determined that a blood sample needs to be taken, that will be scheduled and the results will be analyzed and interpreted. You also will have a follow-up appointment with the clinic team and the results will be sent back to your referring physician.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">If you are visiting from out of state, here are lodging options for your stay:\u00a0<span class=\"s2\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huntsville.org\/hotels-lodging\/\">http:\/\/www.huntsville.org\/hotels-lodging<\/a>\/<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1711852912058{padding-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;17368&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1444318793319{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1711954895597{padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;] Step-by-step Guide Becoming a Patient at The Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine To become a patient at The Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine, you need to get a consult requested by your physician, or you can contact us directly at 256-327-9640 to begin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smithfamilyclinic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smithfamilyclinic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smithfamilyclinic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smithfamilyclinic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smithfamilyclinic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.smithfamilyclinic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17391,"href":"https:\/\/www.smithfamilyclinic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123\/revisions\/17391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smithfamilyclinic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}