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November - December 2023
Letter from Dr. Shelly Voet - Dr. Shelly Voet, executive community physician leader, highlights resources and updates for physicians and providers in our region.
Big Changes in Asthma Management: The 2019 GINA Report - The management of asthma has significantly evolved over the last 50 years but there have been few paradigmatic changes like those proposed in the recent 2019 Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) report. Among the new recommendations are significant changes to conventional maintenance regimens for patients with asthma.
Clinisync Goes Live December 21st - Are You Ready? - The transition to CliniSync is scheduled for 12/21/23. As shared in previous communications throughout 2023, The Health Collaborative/ HealthBridge (THC) will stop sending results and CliniSync will begin providing this service.
Promoting Literacy in Primary Care – Reach Out and Read and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library - Did you know that there are two great programs active in our region that are designed to promote reading at home with preschoolers and improve kindergarten readiness? Read more about how you can promote literacy in your practice with Reach Out and Read, and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
Happy Together Link- New Functionality Comes to Epic Link - A new Epic Link feature - Happy Together Link - went live on December 12. Happy Together Link allows you to consolidate various Epic Link accounts from other organizations in one place. Linking your accounts allows you to toggle between organizations using one log-in to review patient information from various organizations. Read more about Happy Together Link in the FAQs and Tip Sheet.
Pediatric Consult Podcasts and Clinical Practice Support Tools (CPSTs) Updates - Be sure to check out our latest episode of Pediatric Consult on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. In November, pediatrician Dr. Paul Bunch consulted Dr. Patrick Whitlow from Orthopaedics on SCFE (Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis). This month, Pediatrician Dr. Bunch consults pediatric urologist Dr. Bob DeFoor on Kidney Stones. New episodes are published each month!
The library of Community Practice Support Tools can be accessed digitally via the Provider Hub or the newly redesigned PCP Support Tools app. New CPSTs this month:
Infantile Hemangioma
Port Wine Birthmark
Community Practice Support Tools binder inserts (2023 version) have been mailed to your office. Please be on the look out for this updated and important packet!
Sports Medicine Welcomes New Physicians; Same and Next Day Appointments Available - Cincinnati Children’s recently welcomed two new Sports Medicine physicians to our team. We are excited to have them on Cincinnati’s only pediatric sports medicine team. We are accepting new patients at convenient clinic locations across Cincinnati, with same-day and next-day appointments available.
General Pediatric Surgery Clinic Now Seeing Patients at Mason Campus - Pediatric surgeon Dr. Nelson Rosen will be seeing patients at a new evening clinic at the Mason Campus on the 3rd Tuesday of the month from 4-8pm.
Updates from the Allergy and Immunology Team - New oral immunotherapy protocols (OIT) are now available.
Upcoming Educational Events - Upcoming educational opportunities, live and online, designed for a primary care audience.
Links You Can Use - List of helpful and frequently used links including Inspire magazine, Physician Hub, parking and more.
Medical Staff - New and Departing Medical Staff Members