Plus, SapientNitro says, it has the technology and expertise to make sure that all the back-end systems talk to each other, so that Marks and Spencer (a Sapient client) knows that a person who visits its mobile app has recently purchased outerwear and lives in a particular region, for example.
Your pediatrician, who is specifically trained to care for kids and teens, might be able to provide care for a little longer if your child is in college (usually until college graduation or age 21). But this varies from doctor to doctor, so be sure to ask.
The proportion of care provided by family physicians and general practitioners to children of other ages has also dropped, from 22 percent to 13 percent for children 4 and under and from 30 percent to 21 percent for those age 14 to 17.1. The pediatrician work force is expected to keep growing.