by Sonal Patel | Mar 28, 2019 | Guest Podcast Episodes
Sonal Patel is a neonatologist who recognized a gap in the transition of care from a hospital delivery to discharge to the first pediatrician visit, so she created a practice that fills that gap from the ground up. We discuss how she went about doing that and what she thinks every physician, from pathologists to trauma surgeons, need to know about breastfeeding.
Through residency, fellowship, practice and in personal experiences, she noticed the gaps of postpartum care. In 2017, she founded NayaCare: Newborn Speciality Clinic at Your Doorstep. This month-long evidence-based clinic is viewed as an extension of hospital care. Comprehensive care comprised of a Pediatrician, Lactation, and Counselor is delivered to your doorstep. By bringing care home, stressors are alleviated during this fragile time of maternal healing and family bonding. She is currently pursuing her Certification of Lactation. She is also an active member of Good Business Colorado, a Strong Economy Working Group, with a focus of bringing paid family leave to Colorado.
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by Sonal Patel | Jan 5, 2019 | Guest Podcast Episodes
Sonal Patel is a pediatrician and a neonatologist who left the traditional hospital/clinic setting to start a specialized practice providing in-home newborn care.
Listen as Sonal talks about:
• Her time as a NICU doctor and experiencing birth and postpartum newborn care as a patient.
• Seeing the holes in postpartum care provided to parents in our country, sparking her passion to start her practice, NayaCare.
• The services NayaCare offers, including the 2-3 day newborn exam, 2 week baby exam, mother’s medical exam, as well as breastfeeding support…all within the comfort of your own home.
• The benefits of her practice model to families through surrogacy.
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by Sonal Patel | Aug 28, 2018 | Articles
My passion is simple, improving postpartum care for moms and newborns in the United States.
The period right after delivery and up to 4 months is defined as the postpartum period or considered the 4th trimester. Within this period, moms are recovering from a delivery, attempting to heal, trying to breastfeed, take care of themselves, their baby, and family. This period is also a critical time for establishing the mother-newborn bond that will directly influence infant and childhood development.
The postpartum period should be a time of healing and bonding at home. However, in the current state of healthcare, challenges have emerged to create a system that does not effectively address the needs of both moms and babies. Rather the system has become fragmented and places pressures on motherhood.
One can argue when motherhood actually begins. I believe it’s when you give birth and hold the baby in your arms for the first time. This is when the reality of motherhood hits. This is when the questions and advice start pouring in: Are you going to breastfeed? Is your baby getting formula? Make sure to sleep when the baby is, and in between feeding and changing every 2-3 hours, make sure to take care of yourself. After leaving the hospital, you need to go your first pediatric appointment. If you are having trouble with breastfeeding, there is a support group to attend on this side of time. Feel like crying all the time, there is a postpartum depression support group on the other side of town. From the birth of that child, motherhood has become exhausting and care dispersed.
In an era, where anything can be delivered to the house by a click of a mouse, why can’t we deliver healthcare to moms and newborns at home? Before addressing that question, let’s explore the current state of postpartum care here in the US through four stories. My four stories in which I had four different outcomes but went through a generic system of care.
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by Sonal Patel | Jul 24, 2017 | Guest Podcast Episodes
Sonal Patel, MD formed her own special company providing home pediatrician visits to newborn babies. Her practice is called NayaCare. Through these newborn home health visits, she places an emphasis on the maternal-infant dyad – acknowledging the needs of both individuals entering life’s new chapter. Her Sessions focus on breastfeeding or formula feeding, safe sleep education, and screening for maternal depression. Lets learn more about how she formed this amazing business.
What you will learn:
- How Sonal’s own newborn experience inspired her to start this unique practice
- How Sonal set up her practice How she developed a business plan
- How she came up with her fee schedule
- If Finland and Sweden can do it, we can too!
- How Sonal marketed her practice
- How she has found ways to bill insurance or use patients HSA
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