As many of you are aware, texting protected health information (PHI) over a non-secure platform is a violation of HIPAA. Unfortunately, this has become a growing, common practice in healthcare due to convenience and the quick responses usually elicited by a text message. Fortunately, there are many products on the market today that allow us […]
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In the Spotlight: Frank Kellogg M.D.
He may have officially retired in 2013, but Frank Kellogg, M.D., is still a practicing pediatrician. He works one day a week at Strong Families Medical Group, in Anaheim, where he cares for an underserved medical population.It is the latest stage of a long medical career marked by service. Dr. Kellogg graduated from Anaheim High […]
CHOC Ranked Among Nation’s Best Children’s Hospitals
Did you hear our good news? CHOC has been ranked as one of the nation’s best children’s hospitals in U.S. News & World Report’s 2014-15 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings, available at www.usnews.com/childrenshospitals. CHOC ranked in seven specialties: cancer, pulmonology, neonatology, which earned a “top 20” spot, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, gastroenterology and GI surgery, and […]
CHOC Small Baby Unit Serves as Model at Conference
Dozens of representatives from neonatal intensive care units nationwide recently toured CHOC Small Baby Unit (SBU) and learned how to replicate the facility in their own hospitals as part of a conference held by the Vermont Oxford Network (VON). About 50 attendees spent two days this month at CHOC, touring and attending workshops and roundtable […]
In the Spotlight: CHOC Specialists Pediatric Surgery
“I would never live in a community that doesn’t have a children’s hospital,” says Dr. Mustafa Kabeer, a CHOC Specialists pediatric surgeon. Dr. Kabeer and his three partners – all fathers – firmly believe that ill or injured children require the clinical expertise and compassionate, family-centered care unique to pediatric facilities, like CHOC. “Kids aren’t […]
Everything You Need to Know for Referring Patients to CHOC
CHOC is honored to partner with medical professionals in the community to nurture, advance and protect the health and well-being of children. In the spirit of collaboration and based on feedback from many of our community partners, we’ve created the following tools to make referring patients to CHOC as efficient and convenient as possible for […]
