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Welcome to the Web site of the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Reach Out and Read of Illinois.
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Save the Date! The Business Side of Vaccines: Immunization Information You Can Use
On Friday, July 24th ICAAP will host its annual seminar The Business Side of Vaccines: Immunization Information You Can Use. The seminar is designed for pediatricians, family physicians, nurse practitioners, office managers and practice billing/coding staff as well as other allied health care professionals caring for children. The ICAAP seminar will feature local expert faculty presenting topics that highlight ideal business practices related to vaccine financing and reimbursement. The seminar will combine lectures, question-and-answer sessions and networking to allow attendees the opportunity to interact with the faculty in solving the problems encountered in daily practice. The seminar will be held from 9:30-2pm at: Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, 836 W. Wellington, Chicago, IL 60657, Olson Auditorium, 1st Floor of the Main Hospital.
For more information and registration details click here . Questions? contact Jeanine Solinski at jsolinski@illinoisaap.com or 312/733-1026 ext. 206. Advance registration is required. |
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State Budget Cuts - June 18, 2009
Swine Flu Information for Healthcare Providers
The Illinois Department of Public Health Web site has updated swine flu information for healthcare providers. Here you will find forms related to instructions for respiratory virus specimen submission, communicable diseases laboratory test requisition form, prevention of disease transmission in the dental healthcare setting, and a Tamiflu flyer with instructions on how to create liquid tamiflu for children during a pandemic. To access these and other useful swine flu information click here:
http://www.idph.state.il.us/swine_flu/sf_healthcare.htm.
For the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updates including guidance for clinicians on identifying and caring for patients, facemask and respirator use, and specimen collecting, processing and testing for patients with suspected infections, click here:
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/guidance/ |
Illinois
Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
1400 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 100
Chicago, IL 60642-8195
Voice 312/733-1026
Fax 312/733-1791
info@illinoisaap.com
Irwin Benuck, MD, PhD, FAAP, President
Scott G. Allen, Executive Director
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