• Open Internet Explorer
• Go to the Tools menu on your computer (the icon shaped like a gear—just below the “X” to exit the program)
• Select Internet Options from the drop down menu
• Select the Advanced tab
• Find the item on the advanced menu that says Security
• There should be three items called “TLS” (1.0, 1.1, 1.2). Make sure the box next to these three items is checked and click Apply
• Close your browser and reopen Internet Explorer to refresh changes
Whether you are in a hospital based or free-standing care model, it is important to define your scope of practice, but also important to define what you are not able to treat in your center. It is also important to recognize that while most patients are able to select the appropriate care environment certain medical conditions may necessitate transfer to a higher level of care. Here are sample triage and transfer protocols that you can adapt to your setting.
Boston Children’s is proud to offer a new Pediatric Acute Care Fellowship at South Shore Hospital. Acute and urgent care are important components of pediatric medicine. This fellowship is best suited to recent pediatric residency graduates looking to start a career in acute care pediatrics. Minimum requirements: Candidate must have completed an ACGME-approved residency in pediatrics Candidate must be board eligible/certified. Candidate must be able to obtain a Massachusetts … [Continue Reading]
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 … [Continue Reading]
CDC recently released an article in Pediatrics about acute flaccid myelitis activity in the United States from 2015 to 2017. Key Findings From 2015 to 2017, 193 patients aged 21 and younger in 41 states were confirmed to have AFM. Most cases (116) occurred between August and November, with the largest number of cases (143) occurring in 2016. The median age of cases was 6 years. Strong evidence pointed to viruses, including enteroviruses, as having a role in these AFM cases. … [Continue Reading]
The Society for Pediatric Urgent Care has partnered with the CDC through the AMR Challenge to commit to decreasing inappropriate antibiotic use in pediatric urgent care organizations by 20% by December 2019. SPUC will work with CDC and the Antibiotic Resistance Action Center (ARAC) to continue an ongoing project that examines and improves the use of antibiotics in pediatric urgent care by implementing quality improvement initiatives. The project will collect, analyze, and feedback data … [Continue Reading]