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4/20/17   Teaching the body to protect itself against a specific disease so brilliantly discovered and developed by immunology pioneer Edward Jenner not only helped eradicate the scourge of Small Pox but it also launched one of the greatest areas of research and...

4/19/17   Our friends at Merck play a vital role in protecting infants and all human life through immunization.  Their “Inventing For Life” vision has developed vaccines to prevent diseases such as Measles, Mumps, Rubella, HPV 9 strains, Varicella, Zoster,...

4/18/17   April 22nd in Washington D.C. March for Science will be showing collective support for the essential role evidence-based information plays in our health, legislation, research and more.  In a day where fake news and misinformation can wreak so much...

4/13/17   Vaccine hesitancy reduced from 22.6% to 14% with use of parents specially trained as immunization advocates.  This new study conducted in Washington state and published in the journal Health Promotion Practice shows how parental peers may have a...

4/11/17   Rather than remembering to check the patient’s chart manually, program your EHR to prompt you when a patient is eligible for an immunization.  Recent research published in Journal of General Internal Medicine showed how this technology tool and using...

4/6/17   “Men who are occupied in the restoration of health to other men, by the joint exertion of skill and humanity, are above all the great of the earth. They even partake of divinity, since to preserve and renew is almost as noble as to create.”     -...

4/5/17   News reports have been coming in about the expectations of a harsher than usual allergy season this year.   With weather, rains and a big bloom there may be more patients in need of allergy evaluation and treatment.  Medical Practice Purchasing Group has...

4/4/17   This case cohort study published yesterday in Pediatrics provides more scientific evidentiary support of human life being protected through influenza vaccination.  This research demonstrates how children and adolescent lives in particular are protected. ...

3/29/17   This news is particularly apropos as medical practices across the United States are reserving their flu vaccine orders for the upcoming 2017-2018 influenza season.  A Penn study shows a little EHR prompt can increase influenza immunization rates.

3/28/17   Review the recent options for immunizing your patients against Human Papilloma Virus.  Get clarification with the ACIP’s 2017 HPV Vaccine Recommendations  Either 2 or 3 doses are recommended depending on the age of the patient when you start the...

3/27/17   A study by Yale School of Public Health, published in the journal Qualitative Health Research reports that only 42% of US adolescent females and 28% of adolescent males have completed the HPV vaccine regimen verses 70% of adolescent females in...

3/22/17   “This is perhaps the most beautiful time in human history; it is really pregnant with all kinds of creative possibilities made possible by science and technology which now constitute the slave of man – if man is not enslaved by it.” - Jonas...

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3/16/17   Patient Preferred Communications, No-Show Prevention Strategies & Practice Promotion;  these are essential tools to master for the modern medical practice. We recently shared a webinar invitation from Solution Reach, our trusted vendor that offers...

3/15/17   The study published in Pediatrics shows a 95.3% reduction of Streptococcus pneumonia in children aged 3 to 36months who were vaccinated with the 13-valent conjugated pneumococcal vaccine ( PCV13 – trade name, Prevnar13 ).  Over 57,000 blood cultures...