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How Will Our Care of Patients Be Measured?

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By Barbara Howard
| Medscape Verified
Have you ever worried that listening to a parent’s long story about being up all night with two kids vomiting and their spouse away on a business trip will be measured as poor quality care? It depends on how quality is measured in our evolving health system. Barbara J. Howard, MD Electronic health records (EHRs) were inserted into our offices with payment incentives (carrots and later sticks) to enable data acquisition and thereby improve healthcare.
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What School Accommodations Help Children With ADHD?

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By Barbara Howard
| Medscape Verified
As pediatric clinicians, we all ask children about their school experiences and often also hear about their struggles when parents report behavior problems, low performance, trouble with homework, anxiety, or even school refusal. Difficulty keeping up is demoralizing and sets the child up for limited career options later. Several conditions can contribute to poor school performance, many of which are amendable to treatment.
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How Do We Help Children with Conduct Disorder?

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By Barbara Howard
| Medscape Verified
Conduct disorder is one of those conditions that evokes fear and frustration in us as primary care clinicians. We all recognize fire setting, hurting animals, and stealing as signs of this difficult and chronic problem that predisposes to subsequent family, social, academic, legal, and substance use problems. We probably want to refer as quickly as we can but are frustrated by the lack of local mental health services.
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