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

Considerable Costs Associated With Switching EHR

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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

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New policy recommends state licensing boards to only inquire about current conditions
For organ transplant recipients

Sun Defenses Up in Transplant Patients After Skin Cancer Study

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Increased odds of using multiple sun protection measures among organ transplant recipients
Data breaches affecting health care systems or their partners need to be addressed quickly

How Do Business Partner Data Breaches Affect Your Practice?

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Business associate agreements should be prioritized; collaborative policies can help patch attacks
Topical rapamycin seems effective for tuberous sclerosis complex-related facial angiofibromas

Topical Rapamycin Effective for TSC-Related Facial Angiofibromas

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One percent rapamycin seems most effective for tuberous sclerosis complex-linked angiofibromas
Engaging in ultraviolet indoor tanning is associated with increased use of skin cancer examinations

Skin Cancer Examinations More Likely for Indoor Tanning Users

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Indoor tanning bed users more likely to have done skin cancer self-exams, had professional exams
The prevalence of being uninsured varies by occupational groups

CDC: Prevalence of No Insurance Varies by Occupational Groups

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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

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Ratings also differ significantly by specialty group
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

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

May 2018 Briefing – Dermatology

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