# Adolescent Medicine * **Definition:** A subspecialty of medicine that focuses on the physical, psychological, and social health of adolescents, typically defined as individuals aged 10 to 21 years, addressing their unique developmental needs and health issues. * **Taxonomy:** Specialties / Adolescent Medicine ## News * Selected news on the topic of **Adolescent Medicine**, for healthcare technology leaders * 1.5K news items are in the system for this topic * Posts have been filtered for tech-related keywords | Date | Title | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/21/2025 | [**A wake-up call: the second Commission on adolescent health - The Lancet**](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00863-3/fulltext) | [[The Lancet]] | | 5/13/2025 | [**1 in 4 Children Has a Parent with a Substance Use Disorder, Study Says - Yahoo**](https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-4-children-parent-substance-201759127.html) | [[Yahoo]] | | 5/12/2025 | [**Children Born to Mothers With Cardiometabolic Issues Before or During Pregnancy Face Increased Risk of Childhood, Adolescent Hypertension**](https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/children-born-to-mothers-with-cardiometabolic-issues-before-or-during-pregnancy-face-increased-risk-of-childhood-adolescent-hypertension) | [[Pharmacy Times]] | | 3/25/2025 | [**Trump cancels NIH grants on equity research - Medical Xpress**](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-trump-cancels-nih-grants-equity.html) | [[MedicalXpress]] | | 3/4/2025 | [**UnitedHealth (NYSE:UNH) Vs The Rest Of The Health Insurance Providers Stocks - Yahoo Finance**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/q4-earnings-highlights-unitedhealth-nyse-090432712.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 2/25/2025 | [**Atlanta's Intown Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Recognized as 2025 Top Patient-Rated ...**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/atlantas-intown-pediatrics--adolescent-medicine-recognized-as-2025-top-patient-rated-doctor-by-find-local-doctors-302384452.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 2/25/2025 | [**Atlanta's Intown Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Recognized as 2025 Top Patient-Rated ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/atlantas-intown-pediatrics-adolescent-medicine-140000944.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 2/24/2025 | [**careviso and XiFin Form Strategic Alliance to Modernize Prior Authorization -**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/02/24/careviso-and-xifin-form-strategic-alliance-to-modernize-prior-authorization/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 1/9/2025 | [**Study questions accuracy of genetic test for opioid use disorder**](https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250109/Study-questions-accuracy-of-genetic-test-for-opioid-use-disorder.aspx) | [[News Medical Net]] | | 12/18/2024 | [**How federal health agency HHS uses AI, telehealth wins and BD's sins - STAT News**](https://www.statnews.com/2024/12/18/how-federal-health-agency-hhs-uses-ai-telehealth-health-tech/) | [[STAT]] | | 12/4/2024 | [**Transforming Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings With Artificial Intelligence - PubMed**](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39629887/?utm_source=FeedFetcher&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=None&utm_content=0nK-FGmcPzruPpJferMpyd8mRld7hsB1ra05TRUDXN6&fc=None&ff=20241204133422&v=2.18.0.post9+e462414) | [[PubMed - NIH]] | | 11/22/2024 | [**Xsolis CMO on AI's evolution: balancing potential responsibly**](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/sponsored/xsolis-cmo-ais-evolution-balancing-potential-responsibly) | [[FierceHealthcare]] | | 11/12/2024 | [**Newport Healthcare Appoints Tarik Hadzic, MD, PhD, to Medical Director of National OCD ...**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/newport-healthcare-appoints-tarik-hadzic-md-phd-to-medical-director-of-national-ocd-services-and-southern-california-programs-302302103.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 11/11/2024 | [**Deep dive: Exploring one of the most advanced telemedicine programs in the U.S.**](https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/deep-dive-exploring-one-most-advanced-telemedicine-programs-us) | [[Healthcare IT News]] | | 10/14/2024 | [**Safer Starts for Fragile Lives: The Role of Advanced Discharge Technology for NICU Graduates**](https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2024/10/14/safer-starts-for-fragile-lives-the-role-of-advanced-discharge-technology-for-nicu-graduates/) | [[Healthcare IT Today]] | | 9/26/2024 | [**Spark Biomedical Launches New Academic Research Fellowship Program Focused on Medical Device Entrepreneurship**](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/09/26/2954057/0/en/Spark-Biomedical-Launches-New-Academic-Research-Fellowship-Program-Focused-on-Medical-Device-Entrepreneurship.html) | [[Globe Newswire]] | | 9/23/2024 | [**JAMA**](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2823929) | [[JAMA Network]] | | 9/8/2024 | [**Bonus Features - September 8, 2024 - 96f healthcare tech leaders said effectively ...**](https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2024/09/08/bonus-features-september-8-2024-96-of-healthcare-tech-leaders-said-effectively-using-ai-provides-a-competitive-edge-72-of-organizations-are-satisfied-with-their-cloud-migrations/) | [[Healthcare IT Today]] | | 9/2/2024 | [**JAMA**](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2823031) | [[JAMA Network]] | | 8/26/2024 | [**JAMA**](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2822727) | [[JAMA Network]] | | 8/12/2024 | [**Audio Highlights**](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2822137) | [[JAMA Network]] | | 8/4/2024 | [**Bicycle Health**](https://medcitynews.com/tag/bicycle-health/) | [[MedCity News]] | | 6/26/2024 | [**Partnership to End Addiction expands esteemed Board of Directors**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/partnership-to-end-addiction-expands-esteemed-board-of-directors-302181864.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 3/21/2024 | [**Providers 'wasted' $10.6B in 2022 overturning claims denials, survey finds**](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/providers-wasted-106b-2022-overturning-claims-denials-survey-finds) | [[FierceHealthcare]] | | 8/29/2023 | [**American Medical Administrators, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Kennett Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, PC., and Doctor Andrew Beach Joining the Organization**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/american-medical-administrators-inc-announces-190000480.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | ## Specialty Overview (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Key Players - **JAMA Pediatrics**: A peer-reviewed medical journal focusing on pediatric primary care, providing research and insights relevant to adolescent health. - **NYU Langone**: A medical institution that trains future pediatricians and subspecialists, including in adolescent medicine. - **Bicycle Health**: A virtual care provider supporting adolescents with opioid use disorder. - **American Academy of Pediatrics**: A professional organization that provides guidelines and recommendations for pediatric care, including obesity treatment in adolescents. - **Dr. Scott Hadland**: Chief of Adolescent Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, bringing extensive experience in treating teen addiction. - **Intown Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine**: A healthcare practice led by Dr. Deneta Sells, focusing on personalized healthcare for children and adolescents, recognized for exceptional pediatric care. - **Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)**: A leading institution in pediatric healthcare that has developed an adolescent health questionnaire to improve communication between healthcare providers and adolescent patients. - **The Possibilities Project (TPP)**: An innovation team focused on facilitating health discussions between adolescents and pediatricians to ensure teens receive necessary resources and support. - **Partnership to End Addiction**: An organization that has appointed experts to its board to address the addiction crisis among adolescents. - **SOL Mental Health**: A provider of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry services, focusing on personalized treatment plans for mental health needs. - **Newport Healthcare**: A provider of behavioral health treatment for youth, focusing on evidence-based care and recently appointing a new medical director for OCD services. - **Embark Behavioral Health**: An organization dedicated to reversing trends of adolescent and young adult mental health issues through innovative treatment approaches. - **Fort Health**: A healthcare organization expanding integrated behavioral health services into pediatric practices to address mental health issues among children and adolescents. - **Northwell Health**: A healthcare provider based in New York, launching a comprehensive behavioral health initiative for children and adolescents. - **Teladoc Health**: Partnered with Brightline to enhance virtual mental healthcare services for children and adolescents. - **Neuro Wellness Spa**: A facility offering specialized mental health care for adolescents, emphasizing personalized treatment plans. - **Sidra Medicine**: A leading healthcare facility in Qatar focused on pediatric and women's health, offering specialized services and innovative care. - **Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering (BIIE)**: Focuses on advancing immune-based diagnostics and therapeutics for child and adolescent health. - **Dr. Jennifer Koplin**: Researcher focused on improving safety for teenagers with life-threatening food allergies. ### Partnerships and Collaborations - **Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Primary Care Network**: CHOP's adolescent health questionnaire has been integrated into its Primary Care Network to enhance discussions about adolescent health concerns. - **Teladoc Health and Brightline**: Collaboration to provide comprehensive mental health solutions for children and adolescents. - **Partnership to End Addiction**: Collaboration with new board members to leverage their expertise in addressing adolescent addiction. - **Northwell Health and local schools/community organizations**: Northwell's initiative includes partnerships to improve access to behavioral health services for adolescents. - **Get Well and Canopy Children's Solutions**: Collaboration to create an AI-driven solution for personalized mental health services for youth. - **Talkspace and Bicycle Health**: This collaboration allows clinicians to refer patients between addiction services and mental health treatment. - **Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine**: Collaboration to create a comprehensive bone marrow atlas for understanding blood production. - **PureHealth and Supreme Council for Motherhood & Childhood**: A partnership aimed at enhancing mental health initiatives for mothers and children in Abu Dhabi. - **PureHealth and the Supreme Council for Motherhood & Childhood (SCMC)**: This partnership aims to enhance mental health initiatives in Abu Dhabi, focusing on mothers and children. - **Fort Health and NovaWell**: A partnership to expand integrated behavioral health services into pediatricians' offices in Texas and Illinois. - **Children's Mercy Kansas City**: Utilizes partnerships to enhance telehealth services, improving patient access and satisfaction. - **Hopelab**: Initiated a fellowship program to improve mental health outcomes for Black youth through research and innovation. - **Kiel University and OSE Immunotherapeutics**: Collaborating on immunotherapy strategies for treating acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children. - **Neurogene and FDA**: Collaboration resulting in multiple designations for NGN-401, including orphan drug and advanced therapy medicinal product designations. - **Human BioMolecular Atlas Program**: A collaborative effort involving 42 research teams to develop advanced molecular analysis technologies. - **Careviso and XiFin**: A strategic alliance aimed at enhancing operational efficiencies for diagnostic laboratories through technology integration. - **Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering**: Plans to collaborate with institutions like the University of Oxford and ETH Zurich. ### Innovations, Trends, and Initiatives - **Adolescent Health Questionnaire**: Developed by CHOP to improve communication about health issues unique to adolescents, focusing on topics like nutrition, mental health, and substance use. - **Adolescent Psychiatry Services at Neuro Wellness Spa**: Launched to provide specialized mental health care for adolescents aged 12-17. - **Mental Health Screening Initiatives**: Efforts to enhance mental health screening for adolescents, particularly in chronic conditions like cystic fibrosis. - **The Possibilities Project (TPP)**: Aims to enhance communication between adolescents and healthcare providers, ensuring teens receive appropriate support. - **Behavioral Health Integration**: Efforts by Fort Health to integrate mental health services into pediatric care, addressing the rising mental health crisis among adolescents. - **Remote therapeutic monitoring platform by Levl**: Aims to improve stimulant medication treatment for adolescents with ADHD, focusing on early risk detection. - **Social Media in Health Education**: Emerging as a tool for bridging gaps in sex education and connecting young adults to health services. - **AI in Pediatric Care**: AI technologies are being integrated into pediatric healthcare to improve diagnostic accuracy and treatment personalization. - **HPV Vaccine Awareness**: Research emphasizes the importance of increasing awareness about the HPV vaccine among adolescents. - **Northwell Health's Behavioral Health Initiative**: A $500 million initiative to enhance pediatric and adolescent behavioral health services, including a new behavioral health center and outpatient practice. - **Virtual Insulin Pump Training**: Study shows virtual training for insulin pump use is effective for managing type 1 diabetes in adolescents. - **LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health Study**: Research indicates that parental support significantly reduces depression and suicidal thoughts among LGBTQ+ youth, highlighting the need for tailored health interventions. - **Wearable Activity Trackers**: Identified as a potential tool for increasing physical activity among adolescents, though further research is needed to confirm long-term impacts. - **Telehealth Expansion**: Children's Mercy Kansas City has significantly increased its telehealth services, accounting for 16% of outpatient visits, demonstrating a trend towards virtual care in pediatric medicine. - **Canopy Anywhere**: An AI-driven solution developed by Get Well and Canopy to enhance care management for youth mental health. - **AI in Pediatric Healthcare**: Vizient's report highlights the transformative potential of AI in addressing pediatric healthcare challenges. - **GLP-1 Agonists for Obesity**: The use of GLP-1 receptor agonists like liraglutide and semaglutide for treating obesity in children has surged, reflecting a growing acceptance among pediatric specialists. - **HPV Vaccination Quality Improvement Program**: Implemented by Nemours Children's Health, this program significantly increased vaccination rates among 9-year-olds. - **Montefiore Einstein Center Funding**: Secured $3.1 million to expand mental health services for youth in crisis. - **AI-Powered Tobacco Prevention**: Hong Xue's project aims to reduce e-cigarette use among youth through personalized AI interventions. ### Challenges and Concerns - **Mental Health Crisis in Adolescents**: Increasing rates of mental health issues among adolescents highlight the urgent need for innovative solutions and improved access to care. - **Consent and Privacy Issues**: Pediatricians face challenges in balancing adolescent autonomy with state regulations and parental authority in healthcare decisions. - **Mental Health Crisis Among Adolescents**: Rising rates of depression and suicidal thoughts among adolescents, particularly in marginalized groups, necessitating urgent mental health interventions. - **Access to Mental Health Services**: Many adolescents face barriers to accessing necessary mental health care, leading to untreated conditions. - **Confidentiality and Discomfort**: Concerns about confidentiality and discomfort among adolescents hinder open discussions about sensitive health issues, impacting the quality of care. - **Access Disparities**: Significant disparities in healthcare access for adolescents based on income and regional location, affecting timely care. - **Confidentiality in Healthcare**: Older adolescents are hesitant to share health information due to concerns about parental access to online portals. - **Youth Mental Health Crisis**: A rise in mental health issues among teenagers, exacerbated by inadequate access to care and a shortage of trained professionals. - **High Rates of Depression**: Over 20% of adolescents experience major depressive episodes annually, with many not receiving care. - **Long-term side effects of GLP-1 medications**: Research indicates safety for adolescents with obesity, but concerns remain regarding developmental impacts. - **Injury-Related Mortality**: Rising injury-related mortality rates among children and adolescents, including firearm-related deaths, highlighting urgent public health concerns. - **Mental Health Risks of Social Media**: Surgeon General's warning about the mental health risks associated with social media use among adolescents. - **Mental Health Crisis**: Significant shortage of trained pediatric mental health providers in the U.S. amid rising youth mental health issues. - **Low Screening Rates for Cholesterol**: Only 11% of adolescents are screened for cholesterol, despite significant health risks associated with unhealthy levels. - **Stigma and Discrimination**: Adolescent girls and young women often encounter stigma in healthcare settings, complicating their access to care. - **Mental Health Provider Shortage**: The U.S. faces a significant shortage of mental health providers, particularly affecting adolescents and young adults. - **Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)**: OUD remains a major public health issue among adolescents, with concerns about the effectiveness of genetic testing algorithms for predicting risk. - **Social Determinants of Health**: Research indicates that factors like food insecurity and lack of health insurance are linked to prediabetes in adolescents, highlighting the need for early interventions. ## Related Topics [[Adolescent Psychiatry]]; [[Adolescent Mental Health]]; [[Pediatric Internal Medicine]]; [[Pediatric Hospital Medicine]]