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Not Just for Kids: Adult Immunization Recommendations for 2017
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently published the 2017 immunization schedule for adults 19 years of age and older.
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Reproductive Rights in 2017: Standing Strong for Women
The evidence strongly suggests that comprehensive family planning services provided under the Affordable Care Act that include subsidized coverage for highly effective long-acting reversible contraception have contributed to a decrease in the rate of unintended pregnancy and a sharp decline in abortions. As women’s healthcare providers, we should be leaders in standing up to policy changes that will endanger women and threaten our most vulnerable citizens.
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Fertility of Boys Resulting from Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
The data from a recent study suggest that at least some men whose fathers had male-factor infertility and were born as a result of ICSI also may suffer from male-factor infertility.
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Ovarian Cancer Screening: Mortality Results
This paper is a 15-year median follow-up of extended mortality of the ovarian cancer screening portion of the Prostate, Lung, Colon, Ovary trial.
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Zika, Revisited
A new study from Brazil shows a very high rate of fetal central nervous system abnormalities with both first-trimester and second-trimester exposure to the Zika virus, compared with data from the United States and other areas in the world where the rate of fetal abnormalities has been lower.
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$1.3 Million from Big Data QI
A Maryland hospital has gone from losing $1.2 million in quality-based reimbursement in one year to gaining $1.3 million the next year, after implementing a number of quality improvement initiatives using big data.
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AHRQ Offers Safety Toolkit on Ventilated Patients
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is offering a new toolkit to improve safety for mechanically ventilated patients in ICUs.
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CMS Alternative Payment Models Gaining Ground
More than 359,000 clinicians are confirmed to participate in four of CMS’s Alternative Payment Models in 2017, CMS announced recently.
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Compliance Alert: First Timely Notification Ding for HIPAA
Compliance leaders take note: The Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights is paying more attention to timely notification of HIPAA breaches. The Office for Civil Rights' first-ever settlement with a healthcare provider for failing to notify in a timely manner signals a change in expectations.
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High Volume Leads to Better Hip and Knee Outcomes
Larger hospitals and those performing a high number of hip and knee surgeries have significantly lower complication rates and readmissions than other hospitals, per a recent study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.1