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• Follow us on Twitter at Twitter.com/AAPIdaho/
• Idaho Chapter Fact Sheet (pdf)
  Discover what the Idaho Chapter of the AAP has done and why you should join.
• How Will Hospitals Pay for Electronic Health Records?
  There's a lot of talk right now about electronic health records, and how health care professionals and hospitals are going to pay for them. Here is a resource to help you understand your options.
• Idaho Foodbank Backpack Program
  The Idaho Foodbank has a special program to feed children who have been identified as chronically hungry, but they need your help.
• New Supplement to Pediatrics on Improving the System of Care for Infants and Children with Early Hearing Loss.
  National data suggest that up to half of U.S. babies that do not pass their newborn hearing screens are lost to follow-up/lost to documentation.
• New York State Booster Seat Law Study
  A study published in Pediatrics is the first to compare traffic injury rates before and after the implementation of a state booster-seat law.
• AAP Immunization Initiatives Newsletter is now available! (pdf)
• A Brief Message From the Chapter President
  Through chapter efforts, along with the newly formed Idaho Immunization Coalition headed by chapter vice president Tom Patterson, and the Idaho Immunization Program, a permanent funding solution was legislatively passed.
• Letter from the Chapter President! (pdf)
• The new standards on preventing childhood obesity are now available! (pdf)
  These standards are for all types of early care and education settings—centers and family child care homes.
• Idaho KIDS COUNT Policy Cafe Presentations
• AimEarlyIdaho
  A non-profit organization whose vision is to support a system of care which helps families ensure the social and emotional well-being of their infants and young children.
• Purple Crying (pdf)
  The Period of Purple Crying is used to help describe these characteristics of early infant crying in normal, healthy infants. It usually begins at about 2 weeks of age and ends by 4 to 5 months of age and often earlier. The letters in the PURPLE is an acronym.
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  Protect Tomorrow -- Valuable immunization information website
  Offers TV and radio public service announcements featuring people who have dealt first-hand with the sometimes devastating effects from vaccine-preventable infectious diseases.
• 70% Use Child Car Seats Wrong, Even When Following ID Law?
  According to Dr. Kathy Judy, 70 percent of the time, parents install car seats wrong, buckle their children up incorrectly, or don't put kids in booster seats.
• Early Warning Signs of Obesity
  Easy-to-use colored charts can help parents.
• New iPhone app is now available!
  The guide helps you make smart decisions on what level of care (if any) is needed when your child is sick and how to provide speedy symptom relief for minor illnesses or injuries you can manage on your own.
• Be Outside, Idaho
  Be Outside encourages children and families to get outside and be active. As a coalition of diverse agencies, organizations and private citizens, Be Outside is united in the common cause of empowering all Idahoans to lead healthy lives by developing a sense of place in Idaho's outdoors.
• PBS Special: The Vaccine War
  In The Vaccine War, FRONTLINE lays bare the science of vaccine safety and examines the increasingly bitter debate between the public health establishment and a formidable populist coalition armed with the latest social media tools.
• The Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program Website is now available!
  A good source for information on EHR incentives, well organized and complete.
• New Online CME Opportunities
• IRIS Important Notice
  Beginning July 1, 2010, IRIS will be moving to an opt-out system, which means consent will no longer be required prior to enrolling patients in IRIS. Patients that do not wish to be in IRIS will need to contact the IIP for removal.
• Highway Safety News—June 2010 (pdf)
• Launching Your Career Handbook (pdf)
• Practice Management Online - May 2010 (pdf)
• Role of the Pediatrician in Youth Violence Prevention (pdf)
  Youth violence continues to be a serious threat to the health of children and adolescents in the United States. It is crucial that pediatricians clearly define their role and develop the appropriate skills to address this threat effectively.