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Switching electronic health record systems can result in increased efficiency and productivity gains

Considerable Costs Associated With Switching EHR

Costs include time needed for research and testing, maintenance and other fees, hardware updates
The American Medical Association recently adopted a policy aimed at improving physician access to mental health care in response to physician depression

AMA Vows to Improve Access for Docs Seeking Mental Health Care

New policy recommends state licensing boards to only inquire about current conditions
Data breaches affecting health care systems or their partners need to be addressed quickly

How Do Business Partner Data Breaches Affect Your Practice?

Business associate agreements should be prioritized; collaborative policies can help patch attacks
Adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy in children are associated with increased long-term risks of respiratory

Adenoid, Tonsil Removal May Affect Later Respiratory Risks

Surgeries by age 9 associated with higher long-term risks of respiratory, infectious, allergic diseases
Common allergic conditions

Some Common Allergies Linked to Odds of Autism in Children

Significant, positive link for common allergies, especially food allergy, with autism
The prevalence of being uninsured varies by occupational groups

CDC: Prevalence of No Insurance Varies by Occupational Groups

Significant drop in prevalence of uninsured from 2013 to 2014; variation by occupation in both years
Online physician reviews tend to be skewed positively

Online Consumer Ratings of Physicians Tend to Be Skewed

Ratings also differ significantly by specialty group
Youth with asthma have considerably higher use of tobacco products than those without asthma

Greater Use of Tobacco Products Among Youth With Asthma

E-cigarettes most commonly used product among middle-, high-school students with, without asthma
There is considerable variation in office-based physician visit rates by patient age and sex

CDC: Office-Based Physician Visit Rates Vary by Patient Age, Sex

Visit rates for females exceeded that for males; rates for infants, seniors exceeded that for those age 1-64

May 2018 Briefing – Allergy

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Allergy for May 2018. This roundup includes the latest...