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Pediatric Referrals to an Emergency Department From Urgent Care Centers

November 19, 2019 By Donna Pendarvis

Check out this study used to help describe pediatric emergency department (ED) referrals from urgent care centers and to determine the percentage of referrals considered essential and serious.

The study was conducted between April 2013 and April 2015 on patients younger than 21 years referred directly to an ED in central Pennsylvania from surrounding urgent care centers. Referrals were considered essential or serious based on investigations/procedures performed or medications/consultations received in the ED.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27753717

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Can a Nice Doctor Make Treatments More Effective?

November 19, 2019 By Donna Pendarvis

Connecting with patients doesn’t just make them think someone cares. It can make a difference for health outcomes.

Read complete article here

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Top 8 Practice Changing Articles in 2018

November 19, 2019 By Donna Pendarvis

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5 Things to know about AFM

October 22, 2019 By Donna Pendarvis

Medscape has released the new CDC Expert Commentary  “5 things to know about AFM.”
Title: 5 Things to Know About Acute Flaccid Myelitis
Expert/Faculty: Janell A. Routh, MD, MHS
Posting Date: October 15, 2019
Link: medscape.com/viewarticle/919704?src=par_cdc_stm_mscpedt&faf=1

Also this month, a paper on AFM was published in Nature Medicine, with main authors from UCSF with CDC as collaborators.
Date: 10/21/19
Type: Journal Article
Title: Pan-viral Serology Implicates Enteroviruses in Acute Flaccid Myelitis
Publication: Nature Medicine
Authors: Schubert RD, Hawes I, Ramachandran PS, et al.

How you can help:
To increase awareness about AFM among healthcare professionals, we need your help to continue to spread the word about AFM:

  • Consider forwarding this email to partners on your listserv
  • Post a link to the commentary and the article on your website

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A Response to “Pediatric Referrals to an Emergency Department From Urgent Care Centers”

April 22, 2019 By Donna Pendarvis

SPUC members Tiffany Addington, Jennifer Johnson, Amanda Montalbano and Emily Montgomery wrote a response to an article in Pediatric Emergency Care

The article was called “Pediatric Referrals to an Emergency Department From Urgent Care Centers.”  Read the published response letter here.

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CDC Health Advisory: Increase in Influenza A(H3N2) Activity

March 28, 2019 By Donna Pendarvis

March 28, 2019
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health advisory, notifying clinicians that influenza activity remains high in the United States, with an increasing proportion of activity due to influenza A(H3N2) viruses, continued circulation of influenza A(H1N1) viruses, and low levels of influenza B viruses. Influenza should be considered as a possible diagnosis for patients with respiratory illness while local influenza activity remains elevated. CDC recommends antiviral medications for treatment of influenza, regardless of a patient’s influenza vaccination status.  Details here. 

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Call for Abstracts – SPUC 2019

March 28, 2019 By Donna Pendarvis

Abstract submission is open to physicians, physician assistants, medical students, residents, fellows, APRN’s, nursing staff and nurse managers as well as administrative and business professionals. Topics can range from clinical to research and quality improvement to business science. Case reports, clinical and administrative are also encouraged for submission.   Click here for Abstract Guidelines and to begin the submission process. Submission Deadline: May 15, 2019

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Welcome New Board Members!

January 22, 2019 By Donna Pendarvis

The Society for Pediatric Urgent Care is pleased to announce the additional of two new board members.  Dr. Amy Romashko is a Pediatrics specialist at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Dr. Romashko facilitates “Language of Caring” modules created to help improve communication between providers and families.  She is an active member of the SPUC Program committee.  Dr.  John Santos joins us from Children’s Hospital Colorado. Dr Santos has received numerous Patient-Family awards.  He is chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) subcommittee on Urgent Care.

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