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October 2011 | childrenshospital.org

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	SCAMPs help standardize care and reduce costs To address rising health care utilization costs and a lack of evidence-based data to guide care, the Heart Center at Children’s Hospital Boston introduced Standardized Clinical Assessment and Management Plans (SCAMPs).


	The patient-centered medical home The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is an approach to primary care that is high-quality, cost-effective and organized around the needs of the patient. Children’s Hospital Boston is committed to working with providers across Massachusetts as they transition to this innovative model.


	Getting to the root of a hard-to-treat childhood Scott Armstrong, MD, PhD, a pediatric oncologist at Children’s Hospital Boston and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and his colleagues may have given patients with the mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) gene a leg up by finding and exploiting a core vulnerability of MLL-rearranging leukemias. A quick office test for lazy eye in preschoolers David G. Hunter, MD, PhD, ophthalmologist-in-chief at Children’s Hospital Boston, has prototyped and is now field-testing a hand-held device that can rapidly screen for amblyopia in children as young as 2. Putting families back together after a disaster Emergency physician Sarita A. Chung, MD, at Children’s Hospital Boston is working on a family reunification system called REUNITE that helps bring children back together with their parents after a disaster.

MyPlate
Cara Ebbeling, PhD, MS, associate director for Research and Training at the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center at Children’s Hospital Boston, talks about MyPlate, updated dietary recommendations and the new Obesity Prevention Center.

Facial Reanimation Program
Children’s Hospital Boston’s Facial Reanimation Program is a highly trained team of professionals dedicated to the care of children with facial nerve problems. The team treats all aspects of facial nerve palsy, including those due to congenital and traumatic conditions, palsy after tumor extirpation and Moebius syndrome.


	Bullying Bullying can have long-lasting effects on both the victim and the perpetrator. Children with neurodevelopmental disorders have a high risk of being bullied. Peter Raffalli, MD, director of the Bullying and Cyberbullying Prevention and Advocacy Collaboration (BACPAC) at Children’s Hospital Boston comments on this issue.

News Notes

Dr. Alan Cohen named Children’s new neurosurgeon-in-chief
Changes in inpatient to PCP communications (and more on the way)
Children’s MSICU and NICU honored by AACN with gold-level Beacon Awards for Excellence
Sports Medicine expands presence in North Shore
Dr. Kothare named interim director of Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders

Book Corner

Your Baby is Speaking to You
The Neonatal Behavioral Scale
Viral Hepatitis in Children: Unique Features and Opportunities

CME Calendar
Names & Faces
Clinical Trials

Think AHEAD (A Healthy Eating And Drinking) study
Musculoskeletal features of Pfeiffer syndrome
Intra-arterial chemotherapy for the treatment of intraocular retinoblastoma

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