by Mark Hinson | Jul 5, 2016 | 2016-07
If you are one of the 57 participants — over half of the guests at DC AAP’s Annual Spring Meeting on April 14, 2016 — who turned in your completed CME paperwork, you are now able to claim 2.5 CME credits for attending DC AAP’s Symposium on...
by Mark Hinson | Jun 30, 2016 | 2016-07
The DC Immunization Registry (DoCIIS) algorithm has been changed to be entirely consistent with the ACIP recommendations. It now flags children as due the day they enter the recommended age/interval for a dose and then overdue on the day after exiting the recommended...
by Mark Hinson | Jun 29, 2016 | 2016-07
SOURCE: AAP NEWS”Today, members of the United States Senate failed to pass common-sense amendments that would have helped protect children from gun violence by expanding background checks on all firearm purchases and making it more difficult for suspected...
by Mark Hinson | Jun 29, 2016 | 2016-07, 2016-08
The Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment at Georgetown University is offering free educational sessions on lead screening, prevention, and management this summer. These sessions will offer continuing education credit for physicians,...
by Mark Hinson | Jun 29, 2016 | 2016-07
IN THIS ISSUE: Assessing Hallucinations, Helping to Manage Patients with Psychosis, DC MAP information and enrollmentSpotlight on PsychosisSchizophrenia is a chronic and debilitating mental illness that often first presents during adolescence and rarely in childhood....
by Mark Hinson | Jun 28, 2016 | 2016-07, Hot Topics
Lead testing in public facilities got the D.C. Council’s attention during a June 22 public hearing. This was in swift response to recent concerns about lead found in public schools, libraries, and recreation centers’ drinking water. Coincidentally, the new, stricter...
