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Caution should be exercised with use of electronic health record documentation short cuts

Caution Urged When Using EHR Shortcut Features

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Information should be checked and updated to avoid cloning and up-coding
Understanding the key drivers underlying medical students' distress can help address the issues and enhance student well-being

AMA: Avoiding Distress in Medical School

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Drivers of distress include unsupportive learning environment, mistreatment, debt
Three steps that can be implemented by front desk staff can help increase practices' cash flow

Front Desk Staff Has Key Role in Managing Practice Cash Flow

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Tips to implement include verification of insurance status, collection at time of service, ease of payment
Sixty percent of clinicians in practices with 26 or more clinicians report use of one of 10 electronic health record products

Large Practices Focused on Small Selection of EHR Products

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Sixty percent of responses from clinicians in large practices were from users of 10 EHR products
The most distinctive causes of death for each U.S. state have been mapped in a report published online May 14 in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's  Preventing Chronic Disease.

Most Distinctive Causes of Death Mapped by U.S. State

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Map depicts variety of causes, including 15,000 HIV deaths in Florida, 22 syphilis deaths in Louisiana
For physicians who want to transition to private practice

Tips Provided for Doctors Who Want to Move to Private Practice

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Physicians should prepare carefully; consider finances, legal issues, and insurance
More than one-third of young HIV-infected adults with CD4 cell count >500 cells/µl became eligible for antiretroviral therapy at a CD4 cell count of <350 cells/µl over a median of two years

Short Time to Eligibility for ART in Young HIV-Infected Adults

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Median time for antiretroviral therapy eligibility was shorter for males than females
Nearly 400 HIV-positive potential organ donors in the United States could donate organs each year to HIV-positive people waiting for transplants

Nearly 400 HIV-Positive Potential Organ Donors in U.S.

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Although ban was lifted on such surgeries in 2013, none has taken place, researchers say
Gay and bisexual men who have abstained from sex for one year would be allowed to donate blood in the United States

FDA Proposes Lifting Ban on Homosexual Blood Donations

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Agency collecting comments on proposal for 60 days before issuing final rules
A new Health Care Index shows increases in consumer costs

New Health Care Index Reports Increases in Consumer Costs

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Increase in coverage by public insurance plans, but increasing number of consumers have deductibles