The Story Behind Dr. Arthur Childs

 
 

DR. ARTHUR CHILDS

Dr. Arthur Childs is Director of Dr. Arthur Childs Medical Home

Over a thirty year medical career, Arthur Childs, DO, has dedicated himself to excellence. Dr. Childs graduated from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, where he trained in Internal Medicine, with added training in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Childs has devoted his life to providing the best in personal medical care to his patients.

For this reason Dr. Childs has made the decision to practice medicine in a way that allows him to serve the interests of his patients, as opposed to the bureaucracy of the medical establishment. The concept is called "The Patient Centered Medical Home".

  • He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at UMDNJ and completed a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at Kennedy Memorial Hospitals, UMDNJ. During his training, Dr. Childs served as Chief Medical Resident and earned recognition as Intern of the Year, Medical Resident of the Year, and Chief Fellow. He practiced Emergency Medicine for five years before moving to the shore, where he has been in private practice in Cape May Court House since 1992.

  • Dr. Childs is a caring and dedicated physician. He has devoted his career to comprehensive medical care for his patients, being a staunch advocate and director of all aspects of care involved, including office, hospital, intensive, and rehabilitative care. He has also directed nursing home and palliative care for many of his patients and family members in the waning days of life.

  • Dr. Childs has served as Chair of the Critical Care Committee at Cape Regional Medical Center, President of the Medical Staff and Medical Director of the Diabetic Care Team at Cape Regional Medical Center. He has a Masters degree from Jefferson University School of Population Health in Healthcare Quality and Safety and presently is a Clinical Professor at ROWAN University School of Osteopathic Medicine.

 

Gentoo Penguin, Antarctica - Images of Hope

After hours you can find me behind the camera.If you are inclined ,the purchase of any prints directly benefit my wife, Dr.Julianne Childs’ charity: Hope Music Fest, which provides funding to help local local patients suffering from cancer. Take a look :

AIMEE ELBERSON

Aimee Elberson is the Office Manager of Dr. Arthur Childs Medical Home

Aimee graduated with a Psychology Degree from the University of Central Florida. She has worked and trained at the University Medical Center of Princeton in the Behavioral Health Department as well as locally at Cape Counseling.

She is the first person our patients greet with her ever-present smile and is the go-to person for scheduling appointments and coordinating testing and procedures for all our patients. She has her State Billing and Coding Certification and is presently in the process of obtaining her Certified Physician Practice Manager certification.

 

 The Patient Centered Medical Home is healthcare the way it should be.

Uncompromising!

How The Patient Centered Medical Home Came To Be.

Our Health Care System Is Broken

As many of you have already experienced our Health Care System is broken. Millions of Americans lack health insurance, and those of us who pay overpriced premiums realize that the greatest beneficiary of these programs are the insurers and not the patients or healthcare providers.

Over the past 30 years of practicing medicine I’ve tried my best to maintain a high standard of providing healthcare. I have strived to treat my patients as if they were my own family members. Unfortunately, maintaining this very personalized approach in the current Medical environment, where doctors are forced to see more patients, offer shorter appointments and attend to endless mounds of paper work, is just not possible and is no longer acceptable to me.

 
 

How I Focus on Providing the Best Preventative and Acute Care

To accomplish these changes I have limited the size of my practice . Patients are assessed a yearly fee in keeping with the American College of Physicians guidelines to provide and support the wide variety of patient care support that goes beyond the face to face encounter of a visit. Once again I can be an advocate for my Medical Family and focus on providing the Best preventative and Acute care that I have been trained to offer. I have been able to resurrect a true physician-patient relationship and a comprehensive, educational approach to health and wellness.

 

Time Is My Most Valuable Resource

I believe that time, while not the most sophisticated diagnostic tool, is the most important resource I having in caring for my patients. As an Internal Medicine doctor, time is my most valuable resource. Illness is much more complex than a series of lab or x-ray findings. It is rather a disturbance that is interwoven into the fabric of a person’s life.

By carefully listening to patients, patterns and clues emerge that allow for better diagnostic and subsequent treatment strategies. By implementing A Patient Centered Medical Home I finally have the time and freedom to provide old-fashioned personalized care in a technologically advanced manner. I can now offer unhurried office visits, be able to see patients when needed and be accessible to personally handle my patient’s emergencies.