March 2021 Norton Children’s Medical Group New Providers
Laura B. Bishop, M.D. Pediatric Hospital Medicine Swapna K. Chandran, M.D. Pediatric Otolaryngology Clayton B. Cummings, M.D. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Hazar Hassuneh, M.D. Pediatric Hospital Medicine Vicki L. Owczarzak, M.D. Pediatric Otolaryngology Ndah Akwesi Poteh, […]
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Helping your pediatric patients adhere to their asthma action plans
Establishing an asthma action plan for your pediatric patients is a great first step, but helping them and their families adhere to it could be even more important. Self-management through an asthma action plan that […]
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Erythrocytapheresis minimizes iron load and improves growth in sickle cell patients
Erythrocytapheresis (automated red cell exchange) increasingly is used to replace sickled red cells in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients as an alternative to transfusion. The procedure doesn’t significantly raise the total hemoglobin — a frequent […]
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Patients will get test results faster
Starting on April 5, 2021, patients will have immediate access to most test results and progress notes through their MyNortonChart accounts. New federal laws taking effect that day require health care organizations to give patients […]
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Referring kids for mental health care as pandemic persists
The COVID-19 pandemic created not only a physical health crisis, but a mental health crisis that will likely outlast the virus, according to Kristie V. Schultz, Ph.D., a pediatric psychologist with Norton Children’s Behavioral & […]
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Pediatricians can prepare families for the possibility of persistent cloaca with prenatal ultrasound
Cloaca — a severe anorectal malformation where the genital, urinary and gastrointestinal tracts share a common channel — can be observed through prenatal ultrasound, and pediatricians should be alerted to the possibility of persistent cloaca, […]
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Advanced care options for refractory epilepsy
The majority of children with epilepsy respond well to medications. However, 20% to 30% of patients with epilepsy have seizures that are difficult to control even with two or more appropriately chosen antiseizure medications. When […]
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UofL pediatric ear, nose, throat and audiology providers are now with Norton Children’s ENT & Audiology
The affiliation between Norton Healthcare, UofL Physicians – Pediatrics and the University of Louisville School of Medicine makes it easier for children and their families to access comprehensive ear, nose, throat and audiology care connected […]
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Norton Children’s Hospital opens newly renovated pediatric intensive care unit
Norton Healthcare cut the ribbon on its newly renovated Norton Children’s Hospital pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), marking the completion of a $78 million expansion and renovation project to improve critical care services for children […]
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Helping pediatric cancer patients with the emotional effects of disease and treatment (Part 1 of 3)
Addressing the emotional effects of cancer and its treatment on children and young adults can improve outcomes and help manage adverse effects of treatment. Norton Healthcare is presenting a three-part series drawing from a recent […]
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Norton Children’s Hospital attains national verification from the American College of Surgeons
Norton Children’s Hospital has been verified as a Level I Children’s Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons Children’s Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program. The verification means Norton Children’s Hospital meets standards that ensure […]
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February 2021 Norton Children’s Medical Group New Providers
Julianna R Brown, M.D. Pediatric Hospital Medicine Samantha Lucrezia, M.D. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Laura Workman, M.D. Pediatric Hospital Medicine Jessica R Richards, PA-C Pediatric Emergency Medicine Allison M Stein, APRN Pediatric Neurology Kristen Schorch, DNP, […]
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