Exciting News! KAAP announces the launch of their new Kansas KidLink web site. This web site is a statewide resource directory that helps to “link” children and their families with mental health providers and agencies in their community that can provide mental health services. Kansas KidLink is a web site that also provides information on children’s mental ...
The Kansas Immunization Program (KIP) has offered enrolled Vaccine for Children (VFC) providers’ access to federally purchased and state funded vaccines for eligible children from birth through 18 years of age along with limited adult vaccine since 1994. Federally purchased vaccines are funded by the VFC program and congressional discretionary 317 funds. VFC vaccines may only ...
KAAP is pleased to see that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act of 2010. The ACA offers coverage for children that includes the “ABC’s”, Access to health care services, age-appropriate Benefits in a medial home and health care Coverage for all children in the United States. AAP has endorsed ...
MOBI-KS is a “whale” of a program for getting all Kansas Kids vaccinated on time! Is your clinic ready to start providing quality immunizations? A MOBI-KS presentation provides: New immunization recommendations, education and training to immunization providers statewide. Practical information to healthcare providers to achieve complete and timely immunizations for infants and young children. Individual practice based consultation The latest information ...
On July 1st KAAP will welcome our new president, Dr. Kathy Ellerbeck, MD, FAAP into office! Dr. Ellerbeck graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, and then completed an Internal Medicine/Pediatric residency. Her pediatric training was at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. Dr. Ellerbeck then completed a Preventive Medicine Residency at Johns Hopkins ...
KAAP is one of many reputable medical groups that has endorsed the Wichitans for Healthy Teeth campaign that launched May 30, 2012. Adding flouride to the water supply in Wichita will save citizens over $4.5 million annually in health care costs (25%). Wichita is the fourth largest city in the nation that does not have water ...
Earlier this year, Garden City, Kansas experienced a measles outbreak. At the conclusion of the outbreak, there were 6 confirmed cases of Measles. Three of these were children and three were adults. Two of the adults contracted the measles from being exposed to the original cases. One adult and one child were hospitalized. Ashley Goss from ...
The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (JCDHE) has received reports of 49 confirmed and probable cases of pertussis in Johnson County since January 1, 2012 and new cases are continuing to occur in the community. Health care providers are urged to consider pertussis when evaluating any infant, child, adolescent or adult with an acute ...
Mark your calendars now for our Fall 2012 CME Meeting! September 27-28, 2012 Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Old Town Wichita, Kansas Full brochure and online registration coming soon!
We are pleased to announce that KAAP has a dedicated email set up to answer your questions about immunizations in the practice...
