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Patient-Centered System Recommended for Medical Billing

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Simplification, consolidation, and real-time cost information could improve medical billing system
Video games can play a role in medical education

Video Games Offer Educational Methods for Med Students

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Medical students can test their skills and have the freedom to fail and learn from mistakes as gamers
The American Red Cross on Wednesday asked potential blood donors who have traveled to areas where Zika infection is active to wait 28 days before giving blood.

Blood Donors at Risk for Zika Infection Asked to Hold Off

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American Red Cross asks potential donors who have traveled to affected areas to wait 28 days
Business operations data represent a relatively untapped resource for optimizing practice revenue

Seven Tips Provided for Optimizing Practice Revenue

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7 measures identified that demonstrate performance, can indicate opportunities for improvement
Routine use of amoxicillin does not improve nutritional recovery from uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition in children

Routine Amoxicillin Use of No Benefit in Acute Malnutrition

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No difference versus placebo for nutritional recovery in children with severe acute malnutrition
The incidence of primary chronic immune thrombocytopenia (cITP) is 2.30/100

Infection Risk Up Before Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenia

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Increased risk of infections requiring inpatient, outpatient care within five years before cITP dx
Although full influenza vaccination coverage is increasing among children aged 6 to 23 months

Less Than Half of U.S. Infants Fully Vaccinated for Influenza

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Increase in full vaccination coverage from 4.8 percent in 2002-2003 to 44.7 percent in 2011-2012
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has approved the recommended adult immunization schedule for 2016. The recommendations are published as a clinical guideline in the Feb. 2 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

ACIP Approves 2016 Adult Immunization Schedule

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Changes to schedule for HPV, pneumococcal, and meningococcal vaccines
The 2016 recommended immunization schedule for children and adolescents has been approved

2016 Childhood Immunization Schedule Released

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Changes to schedule include earlier HPV vaccination for children with a history of sexual abuse
Two HIV-1 vaccines

Novel Vaccine Platform Shows Promise for HIV-1

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HIV-1 vaccines with adenovirus and HIV-1 envelope A insert are well-tolerated, elicit immune responses