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Independent Pediatrician Vol 2

...is released. Race to the site to read it on-line or download a full copy. I also urge any one of my readers to take a few minutes to Tell Your Story. Independent Pediatric practices are vital to the health and success of the children in this count...
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Buying A New Vaccine Fridge

I recently mentioned the awesome vaccine management productions put on by the AAP (via SOAPM) and I hope everyone here had a chance to participate in the seminar. If you didn't, here are the awesome handouts!
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Are You A SOAPM member?

I can't imagine how anyone with interest in this blog wouldn't also be a SOAPM member. But perhaps someone out there is missing out. SOAPM is, by far, the best source of pediatric practice management information on a national scale. Here's a great re...
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Joe Hagan, M.D. For AAP President

In most of the AAP presidential campaigns over the last 10 years, I'd consider one of the two selected choices to be a good friend. I unintentionally nearly always back the second-place finisher because I live in the practicing-pediatrician world and...
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2013 NCE

Every year, I promise myself that I'll take a lot of notes, get a good night sleep every night, share all the important pediatric experiences I'm having...and then we end up staying up until 1am watching the World Series and I am too exhausted to do ...
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Sample Pediatric Recall Letters

A call went out on SOAPM last week looking for personalized patient recall letters. I've looked at hundreds over the years, so I asked for volunteers. I immediately heard from the wonderful folks at the Child and Adolescent Clinic in Longview, WA, wh...
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Podcasts/Chip Hart

Available on iTunes
I had a great time speaking to Drs. Bravo and Rogu on their growing podcast, The Pediatric Lounge, to discuss the state of independent pediatricians and the use of data in a pediatric practice. They are cranking out episodes (which is a good thing) and anyone who supports independent pediatricians should tune in to their effort. What they are doing takes a tremendous amount of work and their guest list is amazing (well, besides me). They turned our conversation into back-to-back episodes (32 and 33), "Independent Pediatric Practice 2022" and "Data Data Data and Managing a Pediatric Office." If you prefer video, you catch up on their YouTube channel.
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