On November 14, Dr. Samantha Haley and Julia Crouch will be presenting on “Caring for Transgender Patients” in Yakima. For more information, please contact Physician Liaison Kenton McAllister at Kenton.McAllister@seattlechildrens.org.
Medical ProvidersSeattle Children’s is providing influenza vaccinations to inpatients and outpatients. Patients will be screened for eligibility. Seattle Children’s will also offer the vaccination to the Emergency Department and Urgent Care patients. All vaccinations given to patients are documented in the Child Profile Immunization Registry.
Seattle Children’s efforts to vaccinate patients are in accordance with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to increase access to the vaccine in healthcare settings.
For questions about flu vaccinations at Children’s, email Dr. Matthew Kronman, infectious diseases specialist.
The Seattle Children’s Program to Enhance Attention, Regulation and Learning (PEARL) for ADHD is now accepting limited patients. Our demand continues to exceed supply and as our community partners we want to inform you of changes to our referral process.
Moving forward, all referrals to the PEARL clinic need to include a Vanderbilt Assessment completed within the last 3 months by both the patient’s caregiver and teacher along with the top three reasons for referral. Our goal is to see your patients within 4 months of referral to provide specialized evaluation and treatment services.
Dr. Michael Saper
While some pediatric and adolescent patients with shoulder instability will improve with physical therapy, research has shown that patients with a traumatic first-time dislocation may benefit from early surgery.
We asked pediatric orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist Dr. Michael Saper to describe how patients with a shoulder dislocation benefit from being treated at Seattle Children’s.
Research has shown that in adolescent patients, having stabilizing surgery after a traumatic first-time dislocation is more cost-effective and leads to lower recurrence, higher function and less shoulder arthritis. Furthermore, repeated dislocations can make surgical stabilization more difficult, more invasive and less successful.
After a shoulder dislocation, patients and their families will benefit from a consultation with the Children’s surgical sports medicine team to discuss this option. However, surgical decision making is individualized to each patient, and not every patient is an appropriate candidate for arthroscopic surgery. Read full post »
In honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we would like to share with you the following information on T-Cell Immunotherapy at Seattle Children’s. For more information visit www.seattlechildrens.org/t-cell-trials. 
The location where patients and patient-families go to pick-up medical records in person has changed. Patient-families who request to pick-up medical records in-person will now have to go to the new Health Information Management (HIM) office at the 70th and Sand Point Way Administrative Building located at 6901 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115.
Please note the medical record request process is not changing, only the location where physical copies can be picked up or record request paperwork can be dropped off. For more information on how to request medical records, visit the Health Information Management and Medical Records Requests page on Seattle Children’s website or call 206-987-2173. HIM office hours remain the same in their new location at 70th and SPW, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
While Seattle Children’s previously used a radiology service called eMix, we recently transitioned to PowerShare Medical Image Upload.
PowerShare offers providers and patients a way to securely load medical images directly into Children’s systems. This new system allows providers and patients access to upload medical images directly, helps improve patient care and reduces dependencies on CDs and DVDs.
Visit Seattle Children’s radiology website to learn more. Read full post »
This highly practical course is designed to enable primary care providers to develop skills in differential diagnoses for a wide variety of rheumatologic conditions in children who present in their office setting.
Learn more in the event brochure and register online. Read full post »
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