UAB Medicine’s Staging Transition for Every Patient (STEP) program helps young adults age 18 and up with chronic and complex childhood medical conditions move from pediatric to adult health care. The program manages care for some of Alabama’s most vulnerable patients, and recently it increased the number of patients and families it serves and expanded staff and services.

The UAB Medicine Staging Transition for Every Patient (STEP) program helps teenagers with chronic and complex childhood medical conditions move from pediatric to adult health care.

The Staging Transition for Every Patient (STEP) program helps teenagers with chronic and complex childhood medical conditions move to adult health care. Launched in 2020 in the Whitaker Clinic of UAB Hospital, the program has made major progress in caring for some of the state’s most vulnerable patients.

The Staging Transition for Every Patient (STEP) program helps young adults with complex and chronic health conditions move from pediatric care at Children’s of Alabama hospital to adult care at UAB Medicine. Many people with serious health conditions such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida, and neuromuscular disease are now living well into adulthood due to advances in […]

UAB Medicine’s Staging Transition for Every Patient (STEP) program helps young adults with chronic health conditions move from pediatric care at Children’s of Alabama to adult care.