Why is it important to keep personal health records for my child?

Why is it important to keep personal health records for my child?

Arthur Shorr (Former COO and SVP of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) gives expert video advice on: How do I create a personal health record?; Why is it important to keep personal health records for my child? and more...

You are going to be asked by all schools that your child attends and/or camps, for immunization and dental records for your child through their school years. It's going to be very important for you to communicate any specific medical conditions, any specific allergies that your child has and any specific situations that others who will be in charge of your child in your absence need to know in order to maximize your child's safety. Later in life, your child is going to need to provide that history to their physician just like you keep your own personal medical records. Starting as a child and building that medical record history going forward gives your child a very comprehensive medical history that goes back into the time in their life where they may not have the recall or the remembrance about may have happened to them.