Medical Credentialing Services

Passport Health is a Superior Provider of Medical Credentialing Services

Background:

Passport Health has worked with large pharmaceutical companies and individuals providing medical credentialing services. Before working in a hospital or other healthcare facility staff must be properly immunized and screened for communicable diseases. We understand the urgency to clear individuals for vital roles in the healthcare industry.

The Process:

Whether you need a Hepatitis B, MMR, or Varicella immunization or Titers performed to verify protection we are happy to see you in one of our locations. We obtain all proper medical releases to provide feedback to your organization that you are cleared for employment. These services are available on a one on one basis, however Passport Health is also able to provide on-site services to groups such as medical schools, nursing schools and pharmaceutical companies.

Convenient and Thorough Solutions:

Requirements vary form company to company and facility to facility before clearing an individual for work, Passport Health is able to provide a convenient and quick solution for you and or your company including the proper documentation. Please call us to obtain more detailed information and to schedule an appointment at one of our convenient locations or on-site at your company or organization.

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Varicella Lollipop Scam Alert

Authorities and doctors are warning parents who want to avoid chicken pox vaccines for their children that a new mail-order scheme to share lollipops licked by children infected with the disease as a way to create immunity in their kids is not only unsafe but illegal.
“Can you imagine getting a package in the mail from this complete stranger that you know from Facebook because you joined a group, and say here, drink this purported spit from some other kid?” U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Jerry Martin told The Associated Press.
News reports from Phoenix’s KPHO-TV and Nashville’s WSMV-TV this week looked into groups forming on social media sites like Facebook that offer ways to get “natural immunity” from chicken pox by deliberately exposing children to the disease.
Concerns about the vaccine range from worries about whether some of the ingredients are harmful to children, to fears that the vaccine itself is ineffective and would only be creating only short-term immunity to the disease.
Facebook groups such as “Find a Pox Party in Your Area” have popped up — offering ways for people to connect and share the virus through infected items, according to the TV news reports.
Doctors warn that the practice is not only impractical, but it’s dangerous.
Isaac Thomsen, a specialist in pediatric infectious diseases at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, told the AP that shipping the infected items is “theoretically possible” but “probably not an effective way to transmit it. It typically has to be inhaled.”
But Thomsen also warned that the lollipops could carry other more dangerous viruses, like hepatitis.
It is also federal crime to send diseases, viruses or a contagion through the post office or any mail transport service and carries a sentence between less than a year to 20 years if convicted, according to Martin.
In 1995, the chickenpox vaccine, varicella, was approved for use in the United States. Every state requires every child be vaccinated before they can enter day care or school.
There are some exceptions that vary state to state, including proof that the child has contracted the virus on his or her own and as parents who refrain from getting their children vaccinated due to religious reasons.
ABC News’ Emily Friedman and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Call 215-491-1111 for an appointment for your varicella vaccination

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Meningitis Vaccine for School

Passport Health offices in the greater Philadelphia area have the Meningitis vaccine available for students who need to be immunized to to meet school requirements.
www.passporthealthphilly.com 215-491-1111
Offices are located at 1500 Walnut Street in Center City and in Warrington, Pa in the Health and Wellness Center located at 847 Easton Road.