Optimal care for the patients with epilepsy is the major goal of those who treat these patients. Therefore, it is important that consideration is given to every option and care need. Unfortunately, the adolescent patient can be lost in this transition to adult provider care. Epilepsy care providers can serve as a model for other disciplines and disease states in assuring that our patients and their needs are met, optimally and efficiently, through proper transition of their epilepsy care from pediatric to adult epilepsy care provider. The practice tools developed for transitioning adolescents with epilepsy to adult care providers assists in this process and helps them better navigate the adult healthcare system.
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