The Portal Periodical
March 2022

Welcome to the March 2022 issue of the Medical Home Portal's newsletter, The Portal Periodical, with updates on changes and additions to the Portal and relevant news and information. Check out previous issues online.

As always, we welcome feedback or questions at info@medicalhomeportal.org.
Clinical Content Getting Boost from UofU Pediatrics Faculty
The Medical Home Portal Writing and Career Development group of faculty, fellows, and residents from the University of Utah's Department of Pediatrics is currently authoring a breadth of topics including: various newborn disorders and Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome, developmental screening, feeding topics, pediatric pain assessment and treatment, pubertal variations, transition to adulthood, and childhood diabetes. This group receives added support and training for faculty and fellows engaged in content updates and new content development. Portal publications are analogous to book chapters for academic scholarly effort.
Newborn Disorders Content Being Streamlined
The Medical Home Portal is updating the Newborn Disorders pages, which have guidance for primary care clinicians receiving a positive newborn screen result for a patient. Each page will be put in a more usable format.  The content is being updated by members of the Writing & Career Development Group, the Department's Medical and Biochemical Genetics group, and other pediatric specialists. In a partnership with the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG), consultant Dr. Nancy Rose will review the newborn pages as the ACMG updates their Action (ACT) sheets and accompanying algorithms (tools to help inform clinical decision-making). The Portal is helping to add state-specific resources to the ACT sheets.
Please Link to the Medical Home Portal
When high quality websites link to ours, the Medical Home Portal shows up higher in search results, and Google (and other search engines) views the Portal as a higher quality site.

Please link to the MHP from your website! If you have any questions, please contact athena.parker@hsc.utah.edu for more information.
New and Updated Content
Crowdsourcing Service Provider Information
As you know, the Medical Home Portal has information on local service providers in our 5 partner states and nationwide. To make sure our users can help us keep these as up to date as possible, we have made the "Suggest a New Provider" button more prominent on the Service Directory search page. We encourage you to use this button and add your top referral resources and providers.
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