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Open June Resources Here (PDF)

Missing Jessica?
CPF’s wonderful 2016 Annual Meeting speaker Jessica Meyer has done it again! Click Here to see Jessica’s Superhero Cancer-Crushing video(s) along with other amazing children who are part of Children’s Miracle Network. 

Click here to visit Jessica’s CPF page. 

 

IT’S A GREAT DAY FOR TENNESSEE’S MOST FRAGILE AND SICK PRETERM BABIES

Mothers’ Milk Bank of Tennessee is a new non-profit human milk bank dedicated to providing donated breast milk to premature infants.

 

Visit their website here: http://milkbanktn.org/about.html

Go to CDC Article

“…Investigation of the Outbreaks

In seven separate multistate outbreaks, a total of 324 people infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella were reported from 35 states. Among people who reported the date they became ill, illnesses started on dates ranging from January 4, 2016 to May 11, 2016. A list of the states and the number of cases in each can be found on the Case Count Map page….”

The Practice Management Institute has a wonderful resource for locating educational events in any state. 

Please click here to visit the tool for Tennessee.

Click Here to Read Article from Provider Trust

Tobacco Prevention Headway

Since the last NashvilleHealth meeting in February, NashvilleHealth andVanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Department of Health Policyconvened a small group of national experts in tobacco prevention (we were there!!) to share their recommendations for best practices in tobacco control.
The discussion focused on strategies in the areas of mass media, healthcare, community engagement and policy. The meeting generated many exciting strategies that we could potentially implement in Nashville. The discussion also further verified several activities that are already underway here.  In the most recent meeting on April 14, the members of NashvilleHealth engaged in further discussion about specific strategies and reactions related to the recommendations for best practices that were developed by the expert panel.   

See what CPF’s is doing with CEASE

Click Here to view Resources from CPF’s April Newsletter

Congratulations Sheri!
2016 Childhood Immunization Champion for Tennessee

The CDC Childhood Immunization Champion Award, given jointly by the CDC Foundation and CDC, honors individuals who are doing an exemplary job or going above and beyond to promote childhood immunizations in their communities.
CPF is thrilled that Sheri has received this award as she has not only contributed to immunization rates in her own practice, Plateau Pediatrics, but also in the pediatric community at large.
Sheri played a key role in CPF’s QIP on Vaccine Uptake (ongoing) and is a joyous presence at our regional Roundtable meetings. 
Way to go Sheri!

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