We support and help sponsor the immunization program, Shots for Tots. Our support of Shots for Tots is another example of our commitment to promoting preventive medicine, because the future of medicine is not just to treat illnesses, but to prevent them from happening.
Childhood immunization is one means of decreasing the cases of preventable diseases.
Our efforts have expanded beyond distributing immunization timetables. Working through county health departments throughout the state, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee offers new mothers incentives and educational materials on the importance of childhood immunizations. We also provide facts on safety, nutrition and developmental stages. We have seen progress in immunization rates in Tennessee. But the work is not done.