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Recently adopted legislation has repealed the sustainable growth rate formula

AMA Announces End of Sustainable Growth Rate Formula

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Legislation includes provisions such as simplification of reporting programs, incentive payments
Significant reductions can be made in operating room time lost due to cancellation on the day of surgery

Quality Improvement Intervention Cuts Lost OR Time

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Instruction sheets, text-message reminders can cut time lost due to cancellation on day of surgery
The strength of the placebo effect may depend on particular DNA

Placebo Response May Depend on Individual DNA

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But more questions than answers exist at this point
Breaches in data security exposed more than 29 million health records to potential criminal misuse between 2010 and 2013

Security Breaches of Health Records Up Over Past Decade

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Researchers call for enhanced security as more patient information is stored online
Gestational diabetes may increase the risk a child will develop autism

Gestational Diabetes May Increase Risk of Autism

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High blood glucose might interfere with normal brain development, researcher says
For infants with necrotizing enterocolitis

Peritoneal Drainage, Laparotomy Cuts Mortality in NEC

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But necrotizing enterocolitis procedure linked to increased costs versus peritoneal drainage alone
The pediatric readiness of U.S. emergency departments has improved

Improvement Seen in the Pediatric Readiness of ERs

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Median weighted pediatric readiness score 68.9, with increase by pediatric patient volume
Electronic health records and personal health records require significant modifications in order to meet the confidentiality requirements of specific populations

Confidentiality Shortcomings With EHR Use for Parents, Teens

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Modifications needed for EHRs and PHRs to meet confidentiality requirements of parents, teens
The quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine appears to be cost-effective for the prevention of oropharyngeal cancer among 12-year-old males

HPV4 Vaccine Cost-Effective for OPC Prevention in Teen Boys

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Quadrivalent vaccine appears cost-effective among 12-year-old boys in Canada
Children with neurological disorders such as epilepsy or cerebral palsy are at increased risk for complications from the flu

Children With Neuro Disorders Need Flu Vaccine, May Not Get It

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Children with neurological conditions more likely to develop flu-related complications