Forum Health program receives recognition from national organization

YOUNGSTOWN — A program to raise immunization rates among area medically underserved infants has drawn recognition from a national organization for the Family Medicine Residency Program at Forum Health Northside Medical Center.

The Forum Health Western Reserve Care System Family Medicine Residency Program, headed by Dr. Lisa N. Weiss, received the 2009 Academy of Family Physicians Foundation Wyeth Immunization Award for system implementation.

The goal of the new system at Northside is to increase immunization rates in children ages birth to 3. The award is accompanied by a $13,000 grant, $3,000 of which will be used toward sending residents to educational conferences, and $10,000 to develop the system and for a nurse educator’s salary, Dr. Weiss said.

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