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3555 Lutheran Parkway Suite 200
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
(720) 284-3700
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What Is Pediatric Websm?
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Pediatric Websm is a unique, professionally designed, peer-reviewed web site for use by patients and families. Created by pediatricians and parents, Pediatric Websm offers a dynamic online resource focusing on the health and well-being of children. Pediatric Websm is a national program for pediatricians and family physicians offering 24-hour access to helpful and reliable information to families. The site is free to physicians and patients and generates valuable funding for selected children's non-profit organizations. Pediatric Websm is not a doctor and cannot replace the doctor or parent in meeting the health needs of the child. It is also evolving. If you see ways to improve Pediatric Websm, please volunteer your suggestions for the benefit of all users and their children.
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What makes Pediatric Websm different from other Internet health sites?
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We believe there are at least two major differences:
- Pediatric Websm offers effective and accurate pediatric health information through an attractive, easy-to-use web site at little or no cost to the pediatrician and the families served. They get trustworthy medical articles and acute care information written by leading authorities in their areas of specialty.
- Pediatric Websm is committed to supporting all areas of children's health care. Every time the local pediatric practice or its families use the site or purchase products and services through the online shopping center, money is raised to support a non-profit organization bettering children's health.
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Why are Pediatric Web's Medical Articles Peer-Reviewed?
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Parents are now using general search engines to locate information about their child's health. Unfortunately, some of this information is misleading, unverifiable, or simply inaccurate. Pediatric Websm has identified leading authorities and their colleagues for many common pediatric conditions. These individuals write about the condition and update the data yearly through a secure site. Articles and information are reviewed for accuracy and content by other selected physicians. A peer-review process aids in bringing you accurate and reliable information.
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Who is behind Pediatric Websm?
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Dr. Dan Feiten is the Founder of Pediatric Web, Inc. and is a partner and co-founder of Greenwood Pediatrics in Englewood, Colorado. Voted the "Best Pediatric Practice" in 1996 by Colorado Parent Magazine, this pediatric practice has led the way in innovative and exemplary care for children. As the author of The Owner's Manual, Dr. Dan has provided an easy-to-use resource for parents. In 1999, he was awarded the James E. Strain Award for his community service to the needs of indigent children. Dr. Feiten is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He and his wife, Julie, have four children.
Joseph Feiten is the President of Pediatric Web, Inc. He has 25 years experience as a CPA with PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world's largest professional services firm and the leading auditor of Global Fortune 500 companies. Over the years, Joe has directed teams in software development, marketing, training, mergers and acquisitions, auditing, and valuation. He was the U.S. Director of an industry program with over $100 million in annual billings. He served as editor or author of numerous business publications and testified as an expert witness on various business matters, before international, federal and local courts and tribunals. Joe and his wife Bernadette have three children and two young grandchildren.
Dr. Kathleen (Kiki) Traylor is Pediatric Web's Medical Editor. A practicing pediatrician, she served on the Board of Directors and as Pediatric Department Chair for The Denver Health Care Group, and also on the Provider Practice Council, the physician Board of Exempla Medical Group. Dr. Traylor is the first author of two pediatric journal publications, and the author of Nursery Notes, a pediatric residency handbook. She graduated with honors from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1991 and from Stanford University in 1986. She and her husband, Frank, have two young children.
As Medical Editor, Dr. Traylor coordinates with medical specialists from around the country to obtain leading articles for the website. She directs over twenty pediatricians and health specialists to provide peer review of articles proposed for the website.
Pediatric Web, Inc. has created an Advisory Board of experienced professionals who are instrumental in determining the strategy and objectives of our program. Some of them include: Dr. Barton Schmitt, nationally recognized expert in parent triage and telephone advice; Frank Steed, Chairman of KickStart.com and former president of Samsonite; Tom Heule, Founder, BACE Capital Partners, LLC; Dr. James Todd, Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado.
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Who writes the articles for Pediatric Websm?
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Pediatric Web affiliates physicians and parents with some of the top leaders of the pediatric profession. Pediatric Web features Acute Illness Information by Barton D. Schmitt, M.D., whose parent triage and telephone protocol materials are utilized in nearly 20,000 physician practices. We are proud of our outstanding list of contributors who have joined us as eager participants. Here are just a few of them:
Caroline B. Hall, M.D., University of Rochester Medical Center
Paul Glezen, M.D., Microbiology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine
Hal Jenson, M.D., Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Texas
Eugene Shapiro, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine
Philip Brunell, M.D., National Institute of Health
Michael Pichichero, M.D., University of Rochester Medical Center
Ellen Wald, M.D., Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Edward Kaplan, University of Minnesota Medical School
Stan Block, M.D., University of Kentucky
James Todd, M.D., The Children's Hospital, Denver
Jeffrey Hyams, M.D. University of Connecticut
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Why is there advertising on Pediatric Websm?
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Pediatric Web, Inc. has two primary objectives:
- To create an online presence for individual pediatric practices, using well-respected national authorities to provide superior content at little or no cost to the pediatrician and his or her patients' families.
- To collaborate with corporate sponsors/advertisers to raise money for children's health and Children's Hospitals in an easy, transparent way whenever parents log onto their physician's site or purchases an item from our Marketplace.
Pediatric Web, Inc. cannot meet these objectives without collaborating with corporations who are seeking ways to give back to their communities. These carefully selected commercial partners will help to support and sustain the funding of select children's charities. If you are going to make purchases online, why not make a difference for kids?
Pediatric Web's ability to deliver accurate and credible healthcare information to consumers free of charge depends upon sustaining a viable business model and ongoing revenue sources, including advertising and sponsorships. Pediatric Web will accept appropriate advertising and sponsorship, but will not endorse prescription medical products to families.
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How does Pediatric Websm contribute to children's charities?
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Local physicans are collaborating with Pediatric Web to support children's charities and local children's hospitals. Merchants that participate in our affiliate program donate a percentage of sales and click-through commissions to selected non-profit organizations. In addition, Pediatric Web has designed each physician's site so that parents may use it as their Start Page. Each time a parent logs onto the site, a portion of the advertising revenue goes to support children's health. If you are going to log onto the Internet, why not support research for some of the most devastating childhood illnesses? The physician members of the Pediatric Web network do not receive commissions or fees as a result of online sales via our affiliates. Once a calendar year's combined donations exceed a set goal (e.g., $2 million in 2000 and in 2001), the donation rate is reduced 50% for the remainder of the year. In this manner, the growth in use of Pediatric Web is beneficial to children, doctors, parents/guardians, and national children's charities as well as Pediatric Web, Inc. and its employees.
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What are the selected children's non-profit organizations?
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For now, Pediatric Web, Inc. has selected Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and the March of Dimes. In some cases, a local Children's Hospital may work with Pediatric Web, Inc. to serve as the supported charity for affiliated pediatric practices. One or two other national charities seeking to improve children's health may be added in the future. From these, the web site user chooses which charity to support when they shop online.
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What is your Privacy Policy?
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Pediatric Websm has a firm commitment to privacy and respects the privacy of every individual who visits our Web site. Pediatric Websm does not sell member names or personal information to anyone.
Please read our Privacy Policy for details.
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Why does Pediatric Websm use cookies?
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A cookie is a text file of information placed on the hard drive of your computer that enhances the features and functions of a web site. Pediatric Websm utilizes cookie technology to allow patients to return to their own pediatrician's site without the need for passwords or user ID's and to retain user preferences for the personalization of the non-medical portions of the site. This information allows our staff to continually improve the ease-of-use and design of Pediatric Web.
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Will Pediatric Websm replace my pediatrician's advice?
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Absolutely not! Pediatric Web is an extension of the family pediatrician's office and is designed to offer trustworthy information that supplements the relationship between physician and patient.
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Can the articles be printed or copied?
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Pediatric Websm and your family pediatrician encourage you to print any of the articles on the site for the purpose of enriching and deepening your understanding of your child's health care needs. The medical articles are the property of Pediatric Web, Inc. or the individual author, and all applicable copyright laws are in effect in regard to commercial reprints and any unauthorized uses.
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