I am reaching out to let you know that we’re trying to get telephonic patient visits to become permanent in California. Access to care is a very big deal in our rural areas. California Primary Care Association is making this topic their key initiative to take to the state this year to try and keep telephone visits as an option for patients past COVID. If you’re interested in helping, please take a few minutes to fill out their autogenerated email form (Links below) that will send the message...

Western Youth Services is hosting various Peer-to-Peer and Network of Care Events for May and June 2021.

1.0 Continuing Medical Education (CME) / Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Credit Available* Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Noon - 1 p.m. Register Here Join us on June 2 at Noon for the first in a series of webinars that will explore the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress, presented by California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris . This webinar will: Cover the science of how ACEs and toxic stress can impact our biology. Explain how ACE screening can be used to...

Currently, there are no standard asthma management guidelines that account for the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress on asthma, leaving underserved communities particularly vulnerable to increased risk and severity. Children for whom ACEs and asthma co-occur may ultimately require different prevention and intervention strategies due to their toxic stress-related physiology. As more pediatric clinics become aware of the role of ACEs on health outcomes, the field...