Contemporary Pediatrics Newsletter

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What is causing this blistering rash?

A healthy 9-year-old female presents with a 1-day history of fever, progressive rash, conjunctivitis, and superficial oral ulcers.

What's the diagnosis?

When losing weight leads to eating disorders

Eating disorders often begin when an adolescent tries to lose weight. New AAP guidance provides tools to address the unhealthy eating behaviors that put teens at risk.

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ADHD in Children

To glean new insights into the treatment of ADHD, athenaResearch analyzed records from all 295,000 patients who visited doctors for ADHD treatment on athenahealth's EHR service from January-April 2016.

CONTEMPORARY PEDIATRICS VIDEO

Should surgery be standard of care in uncomplicated appendicitis?

For Contemporary Pediatrics, Dr Bobby Lazzara discusses a large study published in Pediatrics that examined what happened when children were nonsurgically managed for appendicitis, often with antibiotics, and compared the results with their peers who had received surgical treatment.

All Healthcare is not Local: The Human Cost of Disparate Health Data

Can you access patient data from outside systems within your existing EHR workflow? Now you can.

Read how a truly national record locator service improves patient care coordination and positively impacts care quality.

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