Telehealth and the ADHD Visit: Enhancing Care through Technology
What is an ADHD Visit and What are the Important Aspects of It? An ADHD visit is a comprehensive appointment focused on evaluating and...
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Dr. Barbara Howard
- Jul 10
- 3 min
School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs): Enhancing Student Health and Wellness
School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) are critical components of the healthcare landscape.
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Dr. Raymond Sturner
- Apr 30
- 3 min
Uncovering the Importance of MOC-4: Is it Just More Testing or a Commitment to Excellence?
What is the point of MOC4, and how to earn MOC4 credits without breaking a sweat?
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Diane A Butler, MD
- Apr 15
- 3 min
Pre-visit Screening Tools Like Safety Checklists Can Save Children’s Lives and Your Time!
Pre-visit Screening Tools for Safety Can Save Children’s Lives and Your Time!
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Dr. Barbara Howard
- Mar 28
- 3 min
Navigating the Intersection of Behavioral Health and Primary Care: What Does the Future Hold?
The Imperative of Integrated Care Consider the impact of a healthcare system where mental and physical care are inseparably intertwined....
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Dr. Barbara Howard
- Feb 7
- 2 min
Collecting Patient Data for Visits: Streamlining Telehealth, One Click at a Time
Telehealth – A Modern Healthcare Revolution Telehealth has rapidly become a key tool in healthcare, bringing medical consultations into...
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Dr. Barbara Howard
- Jan 26
- 2 min
Using the Power of Data in Addressing Health Equity
Health Equity – Bridging the Gap in Healthcare Addressing health equity has become a guiding star in modern healthcare, shining a light...
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Dr. Barbara Howard
- Dec 21, 2023
- 3 min
The Critical Role of Mental Health Assessment in Pediatrics: Depression and Suicide Risk
The rising prevalence of mental health issues, including depression and the risk of suicide, creates an urgent need for effective primary...
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Dr. Barbara Howard
- Mar 22, 2023
- 3 min
The Importance of Teacher Input for ADHD Screening and Assessment
Teacher input is essential for an accurate ADHD screening and assessment because teachers are in a unique position to observe a child's...
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Dr. Barbara Howard
- Dec 3, 2021
- 6 min
Screening Tools to Assess and Address Social Determinants of Health of Individuals and Systems.
The traditional healthcare model, or the “sick-care” system, was not designed to help prevent the onset of disease but instead to...
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Dr. Barbara Howard
- Sep 1, 2021
- 5 min
Manners Matter
Have you been surprised and impressed by a child who says after a visit, “Thank you, Doctor [Howard]”? While it may seem antiquated to...
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Dr. Barbara Howard
- Jul 19, 2021
- 5 min
I sent my suicidal teen patient to the ED: Whew?
You read “thoughts of being better off dead” on your next patient’s PHQ-9 screen results and break into a sweat. After eliciting the...
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Dr. Barbara Howard
- Jun 24, 2021
- 5 min
Speaking the unspeakable: Talking to children about parental mental illness
You probably think you know how to talk with a child about death. But somehow talking about a parent’s mental illness may seem more...
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Dr. Barbara Howard
- May 20, 2021
- 6 min
To vape or not to vape: Is that really a question?
All pediatricians are relieved that the rates of children smoking cigarettes have dropped steadily since 2011. This decline seems to be...
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Dr. Barbara Howard
- May 3, 2021
- 5 min
Child ‘Mis’behavior – What’s ‘mis’ing?
“What kind of parent are you? Why don’t you straighten him out!” rants the woman being jostled in the grocery store by your patient....
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Dr. Barbara Howard
- Mar 31, 2021
- 5 min
Scoring below the cut but still depressed: What to do?
Depression is one of the most common mental health conditions in childhood, especially during socially turbulent adolescence when the...
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Dr. Barbara Howard
- Mar 1, 2021
- 3 min
When to Refer Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Opposition and aggression are part of normal childhood development, but if they are developmentally inappropriate and last long periods...
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Dr. Barbara Howard
- Feb 1, 2021
- 5 min
Sleepless in Adolescence
One thing that constantly surprises me about adolescent sleep is that neither the teen nor the parent is as concerned about it as I am....
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Dr. Barbara Howard
- Dec 17, 2020
- 6 min
Reacting to Stress: Making Something Ordinary Out of the Extraordinary
These are tough times for families, children, and practices. In this case, the entire world is going through it at the same time, leaving...
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Dr. Barbara Howard
- Aug 19, 2020
- 5 min
Racism: Developmental Perspective Can Inform Tough Conversations
Can we help our pediatric patients with the complicated problems of racism, especially if we are privileged (and even white)...
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