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• Get Recognized: Awards and Grants Available from PAMED
  The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) wants to recognize those helping to improve the lives of their patients with one $5,000 grant and several separate nonmonetary awards.
• PAMED Increases Efforts to Eliminate Ethnic Health Care Disparities
  The Pennsylvania Medical Society is working to help physicians provide the best care to patients from all ethnic backgrounds and eliminate ethnic health care disparities.
• Parents Listen to Physicians about Baby’s Sleeping Position
  Advice from a physician may be the greatest factor that gets parents to put their babies to sleep on their backs.
• How You Can Help Haiti
  If you would like to help Haiti recover from the devastating earthquake, consider donating your time, money, or supplies.
• Pediatrician Cares for a Community
  Dr. Yagnik has touched many lives during her time at ChesPenn Health Services, which operates three federally qualified community health centers in Chester and Coatesville.
• Medication Disposal Program on the Horizon
  The Pennsylvania Medical Society is collaborating with Drug Free Pennsylvania and other groups to develop a statewide medication disposal program.
• Importance of Encouraging Mothers to Breastfeed
  Physicians of all specialties can help infants get the best start to life by encouraging mothers to breastfeed exclusively for six months.
• Syringes Now Available Over-the-Counter
  Needles and syringes can now be purchased over-the-counter in Pennsylvania.
• HIV Testing Should Be Incorporated into Routine Care
  The CDC recommends that everyone be tested for HIV as part of routine medical care, but state law hasn’t caught up.
• Practices Mark First Year with State’s Chronic Care Initiative
  Two physicians look back on their first year with Pennsylvania's chronic care initiative, which helped them redesign their practices to better care for patients with chronic diseases.
• Form Helps Coordinate Care for Seniors
  A team of Pennsylvania health care organizations has developed a form that will help long-term care facilities and physicians coordinate patient care.
• Medical Society Encourages Physicians To Be Sensitive to Cultural Differences
  It is important for physicians to be compassionate and sensitive to patients’ cultural backgrounds.
• Physicians Seek to Regulate Tanning Facilities
  Many states have taken steps to regulate tanning facilities and establish age restrictions, but Pennsylvania’s facilities are still unregulated.
• Primary Care Physicians: Join Our Fight Against Colon Cancer
  Pennsylvania sees more cases of colon cancer and more deaths from colon cancer than many other states.
• Medical Society Exploring Safety Net for Uninsured
  The Pennsylvania Medial Society is exploring how to shore up Pennsylvania’s safety net for the uninsured, and how physicians can help.
• The Last Thing You Do for Your Patients: Correctly Complete the Death Certificate
  Death certificates are vital to public health, epidemiology, and the deceased’s loved ones.
• School Immunization Regulations (PA Code)
  State regulation listing the immunization requirements of children entering and attending schools in the commonwealth.
• Disease Reporting
  This publication includes lists of reportable diseases, how and where to report, confidentiality rules, and penalties for failing to report.
• Screening for Diseases of the Newborn
  Some newborn diseases must be reported to the state.
• Preparing for Public Health Emergencies
  Because the public looks to physicians for help and information about all aspects of health care, it's critical to consider the potential roles in a public health emergency and prepare to fill them.
• Ricin as a Chemical Terrorist Agent
  These emergency preparedness and bioterrorism fact sheets come from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
• Measuring Your Adolescent Patient's Growth
  Tools for physicians to use in their offices.

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