From: Vaz, Sharon A. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 2:06 PM
Subject: FW: New Medscape Video: Screening Newborns for Critical Congenital Heart Disease

Sharon Vaz, MSGC, BSN

Chief, Screening and Special Services

Oklahoma State Department of Health

1000 N.E. 10th St, Room 709

OKC, OK  73117-1299

(405)271-6617; (405)271-4892 (fax)

From: NCBDDD/Birth Defects Surveillance [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mai, Cara (CDC/ONDIEH/NCBDDD)
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 1:52 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: New Medscape Video: Screening Newborns for Critical Congenital Heart Disease

Dear Partners,

CDC and Medscape have partnered to develop a video for healthcare providers that is focused on screening newborns for critical congenital heart defects. Visit http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/780571 to view the video featuring Matt Oster, MD, MPH, pediatric cardiologist with CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities and Sibley Heart Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Dr. Oster provides an overview of screening newborns for critical congenital heart defects and discusses information primary care providers need to know about this screening. (Note, you may be required to set up a free account to view the video). We encourage you to share the video with your colleagues.

For more information about screening newborns for critical congenital heart disease, please visit this CDC Web page: www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/pediatricgenetics/cchdscreening.html. Information for health professionals is available at www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/pediatricgenetics/pulse.html.  For information about congenital heart defects, please visit www.cdc.gov/heartdefects.