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San Francisco Health Plan Retains Honor as U.S. Leader in Childhood Immunizations
Published in Vaccine Weekly, November 4th, 2009
San Francisco Health Plan (SFHP), the City's community health plan, announced it is again honored to have earned the distinction of being the U.S. leader in childhood immunizations for Medicaid health plans nationwide. This is the second, consecutive year that the City's health plan has secured the title. 90.3% of SFHP's pediatric members are fully immunized, besting second-ranked Kaiser Permanente of Hawaii by approximately 2 full percentage points.
"We work very hard to ensure our members are fully immunized, so this achievement by our providers is wonderful to see," said Dr. Kelly Pfeifer, SFHP Medical Director. "It's a sign that our goal of high quality care is...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-11-04)
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