The Florida Pediatric Society

Welcome to the home page of Florida Chapter of The American Academy of Pediatrics/Florida Pediatric Society. The AAP is a national organization composed of over 60,000 pediatricians. There are currently over 2,100 members in Florida. The purpose of the Florida Pediatric Society/Florida Chapter of AAP is to promote the health and welfare of Florida’s children (newborns, infants, children, adolescents and young adults), and to support and promote the pediatricians and pediatric specialists who are the best qualified provider of their healthcare.

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Register now for this free, CDC webinar! Marketing Asthma-Friendly Schools Tuesday, May 20th from 3-4pm EDT

It will highlight a new CDC toolkit,Initiating Change: Creating an Asthma-Friendly School, which was developed to help asthma champions at the district and school levels. the toolkit includes a 13-minute, video Creating an Asthma-Friendly School, which features success stories of students who have their asthma under control.
Click here to register for the event. Once you have registered, you will receive an e-mail message confirming your enrollment and providing procedural information to join the event. Both the presentation and its accompanying audio will be streamed to your PC. You will not need to dial in to hear the audio as you have with previous webinars. For questions about registering for or accessing the webinar, please contact WebEx Technical Support at 1-866-779-3239 or (916) 463-8262. For other questions about the webinar, please contact Gus Nelson at gnelson@access.k12.wv.us.

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Are you really a Florida member? When you applied to become a member of the AAP you may have thought you also, automatically, became a member of the Florida Pediatric Society. Unless you specifically indicated your desire to...AAP

Georgia Comes to Florida Discounts for FPS Members Our sister AAP Chapter in Georgia is holding a conference at the Ritz Carlton on Amelia Island, from June 1 to 3, 2008. For more information down load the Conference Brochure....Download

AAP Issues Medical Home Talking Points to support you in advocating or implementing medical home...Article Here

No National Provider Identifer (NPI), No Rx If you do not have an NPI by May 23, 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may refuse payment for Medicaid and Medicaid prescriptions. To obtain your NPI go to Article Here

Upload Florida SHOTS data automatically! Is your software provider one of the innovators? Four software companies have developed an automated interface to the statewide immunization registry that can eliminate the need to re-enter data....Florida Shots

Safe Kids Summer Safety Report SAFE KIDS WORLDWIDE SUMMER SAFETY RANKING REPORT Safe Kids Worldwide (previously known as the National Safe Kids Campaign) has released a new report ranking child safety and injury prevention by...Safe Kids Article

The Florida Pediatrician Spring 2008 Browse the Spring 2008issue of The Florida Pediatrician Download Newsletter ...Spring Volume

USF Pediatrics Grand Rounds schedule for April ...Article Here

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