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Is the patient-centered medical home on life support?
The patient-centered medical home as a model of care may be unsustainable in the current health care landscape.
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Study shows childhood IBD increased cancer risk in adulthood
Childhood inflammatory bowel disease was associated with significant increases in the risk of cancer in later life.
LGBT Youth Consult
Inclusive sexual health counseling and care
Ensure confidentiality and don’t assume identity equals behavior when obtaining sexual histories from transgender and gender nonconforming youth...
Conference Coverage
New AAP policy recommends flu vaccination regardless of egg allergy
CHICAGO – There is “egg-citing” news about the flu vaccine for people with egg allergies.
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Sen. Collins deals likely fatal blow to GOP’s health bill
Could this latest defeat push lawmakers toward bipartisan action on health care reform?
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After newest travel restrictions, Supreme Court defers hearing on old policy
The newest regulations would allow medical students already in the United States to finish their education.
From the Journals
Rapid genomic testing can diagnose critically ill infants
Rapid, targeted genomic sequencing shows promise in quickly diagnosing critically ill infants for whom standard clinical work-ups were...
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Battling physician burnout delivers monetary benefits for health care organizations
Organizations can combat physician burnout, and the effort is worthwhile, as well as morally and ethically important.
Behavioral Consult
Alternative therapies
Some alternative therapies have demonstrated efficacy for pediatric psychiatric disorders, others not so much.
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With inpatient flu shots, providers’ attitude problem may outweigh parents’
Providers need to learn more about barriers to inpatient influenza vaccination.
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Residents getting unprecedented attention from employers
Survey shows that “the search for newly trained physicians is on the verge of becoming a feeding frenzy.”