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Volume 20, Issue 2
February 2002
AAP News Cover Image for Volume 20, Issue 2
ISSN 1073-0397
EISSN 1556-3332

News and Features

Academy to move referral service to Web
Trisha Korioth
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Topics: directories , internet , maintenance of certification
Company’s exit adds to malpractice insurance woes: Thousands must find new carrier
Carla Kemp
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Topics: malpractice insurance , tort reform , west virginia , insurance
Offices provide fertile ground for pediatric clinical trials
Deborah Johnson
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Topics: clinical research , fertility , patients' rooms
Candidates for district offices
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Topics: plication
Relief program embarks on 1st mission: aiding Afghan children
Sheryl Cash
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Topics: afghanistan , child health , disasters , malnutrition , pakistan
CDC revises recommendations for HIV counseling, testing
Sue Wallace, R.N.
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Topics: counseling , hiv , hiv testing , prenatal care
Technology, pediatrics unite to reduce risk of injuries to children
Amy Cynkar
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Topics: choking , computer simulation , risk reduction , traffic accidents , engineering
Help parents learn the ABCs of choosing a quality preschool
Mary Thomas
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Topics: preschools , separation anxiety disorder
Developmental milestones especially important for bilingual children
Mary Thomas
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Topics: bilingualism , child development , languages , adopted child
AAP supports second-parent adoptions by homosexuals
Lori O’Keefe
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Topics: adoption , female homosexuality , homosexuality , gay parents
Academy gains AMA support on reimbursement issues
Calvin C.J. Sia, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: children's health insurance program (chip) , reimbursement mechanisms , waivers , medicaid , medical savings accounts
List your practice’s Medem Web site in provider directories
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Topics: directories

Health Briefs

Health Briefs - February 2002
Carla Kemp
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Topics: clinical observation units , epilepsy , navicular bone of foot , seizures , stress fractures

Washington Report

Academy works to restore immunization reimbursement
Poppy Meier
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Topics: immunization , reimbursement mechanisms , health care financing administration
CMS to close state Medicaid loophole
Poppy Meier
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Topics: health care financing administration , medicaid
Senate-passed bioterrorism legislation will aid children
Poppy Meier
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Topics: bioterrorism , statutes and laws
Legislative updates
Poppy Meier
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Topics: best pharmaceuticals for children act , health insurance portability and accountability act , statutes and laws

President-elect Candidates

What can the Academy do to assure universal access to health care that is adequately reimbursed and of high quality?
Carden Johnston, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: health services accessibility
What can the Academy do to assure universal access to health care that is adequately reimbursed and of high quality?
Paula Duncan, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: health services accessibility , reimbursement mechanisms
President-elect candidates 2002
Joe M. Sanders, Jr., M.D., FAAP
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Topics: casts, surgical , maintenance of certification

Research Update

New AAP tools to focus on violence prevention, management
from the AAP Department of Committees and Sections, AAP Department of Practice and Research, and the Center for Child Health Research
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Topics: violence , violence prevention

Commentary

Pediatricians must ensure WIC participants are immunized
Richard M. Narkewicz, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: immunization , vaccines

Pediatricians and the Law

Take stock of potential safety hazards in your workplace
Jack Swanson, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: workplace , employee , injury prevention , risk management , united states occupational safety and health administration

Policies in Pediatrics

Policies in Pediatrics - February 2002
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Topics: adoption , adrenal corticosteroids , family health , fetus , gay parents

Consultant's Corner

Evaluate athletes’ mild concussions to weigh risk of further injury
from the Adolescent Health Update Editorial Board
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Topics: athlete , brain concussion , traumatic brain injury, mild , sports

Coding Corner

Coding Corner - February 2002
from the AAP Division of Health Care Finance and Practice
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Topics: medical coding , telephone

Agency ABCs

Coalition works on behalf of battered women and their children
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Topics: battered women

Chapter Views and News

Chapters collaborate with committees, sections
from the AAP Department of Chapter and State Affairs
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Topics: alabama , allergy and immunology , asthma , asthma management , knowledge acquisition
AAP grant recipients
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Topics: anti-inflammatory agents , asha new investigator research grants , brain , brazil , cardiopulmonary bypass

For Your Information

For Your Information - February 2002
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Topics: calcium , education, medical, continuing , oral health , slovenia

For Your Benefit

Academy streamlines Fellow application approval process
from the AAP Committee on Membership
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Topics: maintenance of certification , verification , waiting time

Health Alerts

Health Alerts - February 2002
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Topics: cribs , toys , gel , candy , nephropidae

Fellows in the News

Fellows in the News - February 2002
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Topics: awards and prizes , professors

In Memoriam

In Memoriam - February 2002
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Topics: congestive heart failure , lung cancer , sleep

Seen & Heard

Seen & Heard - February 2002
from the AAP Office of Public Relations
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Topics: adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , advertising , attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder , basal energy expenditure , bees
All Issues
  • Online ISSN 1556-3332
  • Print ISSN 1073-0397

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