The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) recognizes that providing both primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral health care to individuals with special health care needs (SHCN) is an integral part of the specialty of pediatric dentistry.1 The AAPD values the unique qualities of each person and the need to ensure maximal health attainment for all, regardless of develo…
This guideline is based on a systematic evidence review evaluating literature published on type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The literature search was divided into two stages to identify systematic reviews, (stage I) and randomized controlled trials, meta-analysis and other literature (stage II). Literature search terms used for this revision are below and include literature from January 1, 20…
While medical personnel are the frontline of any healthcare organization, there are other healthcare professionals in whom patients invest their trust and hope—even though they’re not always aware of who these peo- ple are or the roles they play. These profes- sionals are healthcare executives (also called healthcare administrators and healthcare managers). They are the men and women who ma…
Approximately 20 percent of Americans are affected by mental health and substance use disorders, which are associated with sig- nificant morbidity and mortality. While the evidence base for the effectiveness of interventions to treat these disorders is sizable, a considerable gap exists between what is known to be effective and interventions that are actually delivered in clinical care. Address…
In 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released the report The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for Better Understanding, the first comprehensive compilation of what is known about the health of each of these groups at different stages of life. This report also outlined an agenda for the research and data collection necessary to form a fuller und…
When four loosely associated industry colleagues decided to come together as an author team to write a book, little did we realize how all our combined experience would amount to a hill of beans when it came to in-depth econometric analysis, or how drastically the world of information security would change during the time it took us to write and edit the book. The prophetically named “Pr…
Millennials are the first “always connected” generation ensconced within an ecosystem of digital devices from iphones and iPads to tablets and laptops. They bring these devices and behaviors into the places where they study and work which can expose organizations to security vulnerabilities. Millennials are reported to lack awareness of and demonstrate limited adherence to organizational se…