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Virginia EHR Incentive Program FAQ
Medicaid Incentive Money for Your Electronic Health Record (EHR) ~ Stage 1 Proposed Criteria for Meaningful Use Table
Stage 1 Meaningful Use criteria have been proposed and will be effective starting 2011. There are 25 measuress; all of these must be met to achieve meaningful use.
Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity Within a Generation
On February 9, 2010, President Barack Obama signed a memorandum on childhood obesity. The AAP has joined the White House, the US Department of Health and Human Services, the US Department of Education, and the US Department of Agriculture in “Let’s Move”, a new initiative to reduce rates of overweight and obesity in our nation's children. Out of this initiative the White House Task Force has completed its report “Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity Within a Generation”. This report contains many ideas and directions on how pediatricians can help with their families and communities.
Measuring Medical Homes: Tools to Evaluate the Pediatric Patient- and Family-Centered Medical Home
The purpose of this monograph is to present various tools available and in use to identify, recognize, and evaluate a practice as a pediatric medical home. Because no one tool is recognized as the de facto tool to assess pediatric practices, a review of the relative merits of existing tools will help inform purchasers, payers, providers, and patients in evaluating pediatric practices. Many of the multistakeholder and single-payer medical home demonstration projects focus on adult populations and adult outcomes. An understanding of tools to assess pediatric practices may assist such pilots in incorporating and evaluating pediatric practices in both practice transformation and payment reform.
Click Here for CDC Alert Contaminated IV Formulations
The Virginia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics would like to congratulate the following Breastfeeding Champions for 2010. Breast milk is the ideal source of nutrition and support for all babies in the first six months of life unless there is a specific contraindication.
John Andrako, MD ~ Richmond, VA
Michelle Brenner, MD ~ Norfolk, VA
Lara Charette, MD ~ Virginia Beach, VA
Grace Conley, MD ~ Richmond, VA
Gale Dolan,MD ~ Culpeper, VA
Scott Dubit, MD ~ Buena Vista, VA
Robert Fink, MD ~ Norfolk, VA
Gauri Gulati, MD ~ Richmond, VA
Christine Isaacs, MD ~ Richmond, VA
Nicole Karjane, MD ~ Richmond, VA
Ann Kellams, MD ~ Charlottesville, VA
Julie Kellogg, MD ~ Chesapeake, VA
Shellie Kendall, MD ~ Chesapeake, VA
Samantha King, MD ~ South Boston, VA
Wendy Klum, MD ~ Richmond, VA
Miriam McAtee, MD ~ Richmond, VA
Hugh McFee, MD ~ Virginia Beach, VA
Rebecca Muminovic, MD ~ Midlothian, VA
John Pierce, MD ~ Richmond, VA
Kristin Powell, MD ~ Richmond, VA
Andrea Rahn, MD ~ Chesapeake, VA
Timothy Shope, MD ~ Chesapeake, VA
J. Mark Shreve, MD ~ Richmond, VA
Charles Stein, MD ~ Culpeper, VA
Susan Werner, MD ~ Culpeper, VA
Williamsburg Pediatric, Adolescent and Sports Medicine
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for information on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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Click Here To participate in a brief statewide online survey to gather important information that will assist the Infant and Child Mental Health Committee of Virginia
Changes in Immunization Requirements for School Enrollment
Patricia I. Wright
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, four new immunization requirements and/or changes will be in place for students attending Virginia public schools:
- A second dose of varicella vaccine is required before entering kindergarten.
- A second dose of mumps vaccine is required before entering kindergarten.
- Four (4) doses of polio vaccine are required, with one (1) dose being administered after the 4th birthday, for all new children enrolling in your schools (kindergarten-12th grade).
- Four (4) doses of DTaP vaccine are required, with one (1) dose being administered after the 4th birthday, for all new children enrolling in your schools (kindergarten-12th grade).
Parents are responsible for providing documentation that all required immunizations are up-to-date, completed, or that a medical or religious exemption has been obtained. Immunization requirements for a child to enroll or attend public school in Virginia are outlined in the Virginia Department of Health's School & Day Care Minimum Immunization Requirements
Click Here to view 2010 requirements.
Click Here to view Age Interval table.
A child whose immunizations are incomplete may be admitted conditionally, provided the parent or guardian has documentation at the time of enrollment indicating that the child has received at least one dose of the required immunizations and has a written schedule for completing the remaining doses within 90 calendar days of the opening of school
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Healthy Snacks Talking Points
Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Information
Influenza Update
Abusive Head Trauma
Immunization Tool Kit
Click Here The Business Case for Pricing Vaccines - 2007
Click HereTalking Points On Vaccines
Click HereVaccine Safety Parent handout
Colleen Kraft, MD joins President Robert Gunther, MD at the exhibit booth to answer member questions at CME Conference |
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