Topics: adoption , health care financing administration , health insurance portability and accountability act , hotlines , international classification of diseases

Programs in 26 states part of network to improve child psychiatry access

John H. Straus, M.D., FAAP; Barry Sarvet, M.D.

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Topics: child psychiatry , mental health

UnitedHealth Group awarded TRICARE contract for West region

AAP Department of Practice

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Topics: alabama , alaska , arizona , colorado , delaware

AAP’s definition of ‘pediatrician’ encompasses subspecialists, surgeons

AAP Division of Workforce and Medical Education Policy

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Topics: health information technology for economic and clinical health act , incentives , medicaid , immunization , informatics

Academy announces support for many IOM report recommendations on pediatric drugs

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Topics: institute of medicine (u.s.) , statutes and laws

Path to ‘meaningful use’: Transition to EHRs may be difficult, but result is coordinated patient care

Kristy Kennedy

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Topics: electronic medical records , workflow

Guidance for diagnosing, managing early-onset sepsis in new report

Hilary Rasch

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Topics: early onset neonatal sepsis , sepsis

Report outlines facets of home care for youths with complex medical needs

Hilary Rasch

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Topics: adolescent , home care services

Young neonatologists group offers career resources, leadership opportunities

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Topics: neonatologists

CDC report: Rise in autism disorders points to need for more services

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Topics: autistic disorder , autism spectrum disorder

AAP Policy

This month in Pediatrics

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Topics: complex patients , disabled children , fetus , home care services , sepsis

Health Briefs

Obesity a risk factor for pediatric gallbladder disease

Carla Kemp

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Topics: gallbladder , obesity

Adults amenable to receiving Tdap vaccine in pediatric offices

Carla Kemp

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Topics: tdap vaccine

Cleaning fails to eradicate pathogens in tracheostomy tubes

Carla Kemp

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Topics: pathogenic organism , tracheostomy tube

Washington Report

Children are not little adults: Federal legislation would ensure medical surgical devices meet pediatric patients’ needs

Jamie Poslosky

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Topics: medical devices , statutes and laws

Letter from the President

Annual Leadership Forum: ‘Hot’ times in the Windy City

Robert W. Block, M.D., FAAP

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Topics: advocacy , brain development , disasters and emergency preparedness , epigenetics , health information technology

Commentary

‘Blended learning’: more than an online classroom

Beverly P. Wood, M.D., M.S.Ed., Ph.D., FAAP

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Topics: classroom

Pediatricians and the Law

Is the Affordable Care Act constitutional?

Stephan R. Paul, Jr., M.D., J.D., FAAP

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Topics: medicaid expansion , patient protection and affordable care act , government , commerce

Focus on Subspecialties

Chagas disease often asymptomatic but can be life-threatening if untreated

Dennis L. Murray, M.D., FAAP; Amanda Burke, M.P.H.

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Topics: chagas disease , parasites

CDC survey: Many sexually active females don’t know they are at risk for pregnancy

Paula K. Braverman, M.D., FAAP; Barbara K. Snyder, M.D., FAAP

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Topics: contraceptive methods , pregnancy , pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system , pregnancy in adolescence , reproductive physiological process