The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the CDC recently introduced significant revisions to the nationally recommended childhood vaccine schedule. These changes extend beyond public health statistics, fundamentally altering the clinical landscape for the pediatric workforce. From shifting clinical workflows in primary care to the re-emergence of rare diseases in emergency departments, pediatricians are navigating a complex new era of infectious disease management.
On March 5, the Baker Institute Center for Health Policy hosted a webinar titled "New CDC Immunization Guidelines and Their Impact on the Pediatric Workforce." This event examined the professional and clinical implications of recent shifts in national immunization guidelines.
This webinar brought together national and local pediatrics leaders to discuss how these policy changes are being felt on the front lines. Dr. Andrew Racine, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, provided a high-level overview of the workforce-wide impact. Dr. Andrea Cruz followed with a clinical perspective from the emergency center, detailing the challenges of recognizing and managing vaccine-preventable diseases that have not been seen in a long time.
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Participants
Moderator
Heidi Russell, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Center for Health Policy, L.E. and Virginia Simmons Senior Fellow in Health Policy, Huffington Fellow in Child Health Policy
Featured Speakers
Andrew D. Racine, M.D., Ph.D.
President, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP); System Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Montefiore Einstein; Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Trustee, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Andrea Tania Cruz, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital
