Children with Autism & Siblings Undervaccinated

3/27/18 In an article published in JAMA yesterday it was reported that parents of children with ASD were less likely to fully vaccinate their ASD child as well as their siblings. This finding means that these children are at increase risk of vaccine preventable...

Third Dose of Mumps Vaccine

3/22/18 A substantial increase in Mumps cases in the U.S has prompted a new recommendation from the CDC’s ACIP.  This recommendation calls for a third dose of Mumps containing vaccine in persons at increased risk for Mumps during an outbreak.  Five studies provided...

Flu Related Hospitalizations Still High

3/20/18 Although influenza has been declining, the rate of hospitalizations is still high according to the latest FluView CDC data.  Hospitalization rates rose slightly to 89.9 laboratory confirmed influenza associated hospitalizations per 100,000.  Unfortunately the...

Uber & Lyft for Patients?

3/14/18 Using technology to improve patient success starts with getting them to the health care provider’s office.  This article discusses 5 things to know about provider partnerships with transportation services Uber & Lyft.

Improving Adolescent HPV Immunization

3/13/18 As reported in Healio, Amanda F. Dempsey, MD, PhD, et. al. found that certain interventions had more success than other mandated measures in getting adolescents to initiate and complete the HPV vaccine series.  How a health care provider recommends the vaccine...