Newsletter March 2025

Updates 📢

Here’s what’s new at PAK Pediatrics:

  • Practice News
  • Community Impact
  • Recognition
    • PAK was named “Best Pediatric Group” for the 2025 Times Leader- Best Of Awards, that’s 12 consecutive years!
  • What’s going around:
    • Measles on the rise! Here is our YTvid from 2022 outbreak
    • We’re making a new vid, including when to get MMR vaccine
  • Did you know?
    • There has been an increase in Measles cases due to MMR vaccines rates dropping below 95% overall.
    • MMR given prior to age 1 will not count towards their schedule and will still need to get doses at the appropriate times. The second dose can be given sooner as long as 28 days have passed since the last dose.
      • Early MMR vaccine recommended if traveling internationally or to a state with a current outbreak.
    • You can use our “Symptom Checker” on pakpeds.com for advice on your child’s health and recommended next steps!

Goals 🌟🔄💡

  • Goal 1: Improve visit accommodation, allowing for easier scheduling and schedule availability
  • Goal 2: Improve our phone systems to maximize patient communication and decrease wait times and call backs.
  • Goal 3: recent improvements in our digital footprint, new website

Events 🚀📅🎤

Miscellaneous 🎉

A little extra for our amazing families:

  • Seasonal Tips
    • Measles symptoms include fever, dry cough, runny nose and
      white/blue spots in the mouth about 1-2 weeks AFTER being in
      contact with measles

 

Let’s celebrate our patients, staff, and the season together!