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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
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends against screening with resting or exercise electrocardiography to prevent cardiovascular disease events in low-risk asymptomatic adults. This final recommendation statement has been published in the June 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

USPSTF: No to ECG Screening to Prevent CVD in Low-Risk Adults

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And evidence insufficient to recommend ECG screen for asymptomatic adults at intermediate or high risk
Increased adherence to healthy dietary patterns could result in health care savings from improved health outcomes

Better Dietary Patterns Among U.S. Adults Could Save Billions

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Cost savings of $25.7B and $38.1B based on 20 percent increase in adherence to MED, HEI-2015
Cancer development is associated with increased risk of subsequent type 2 diabetes mellitus

Cancer Development Linked to Increased Diabetes Risk

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Increased risk of subsequent diabetes independent of traditional diabetes risk factors
From 2011 to 2017 there were decreases in current use of any tobacco products among high and middle school students

2011 to 2017 Saw Drop in Youth Use of Any Tobacco Products

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Electronic cigarettes most commonly used tobacco product among high, middle school students in 2017
Having no one to talk to is associated with worse self-rated mental and physical health

Poor Social Network Adds Health Risks Across Cardiac Diagnoses

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Having no one to talk to linked to worse self-rated mental and physical health, anxiety, depression
Maintenance of certification among physicians is associated with performance on selected Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set process measures

Certification Status Tied to Physician Performance Measures

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MOC linked to performance on selected Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set measures
Noninvasive blood tests can predict gestational age and can identify women at risk for preterm delivery using cell-free RNA

Noninvasive Blood Test Can Predict Gestational Age

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Seven cell-free RNA transcripts accurately classified women who delivered preterm before labor
National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers are endorsing the goal of eliminating cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) through HPV vaccination and evidence-based cancer screening

NCI Cancer Centers Endorse Goal of Eliminating HPV Cancers

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HPV vaccine, screening offer opportunity to prevent 12,000 cervical CAs, 40,000 HPV-linked CAs/year
Females with head and neck cancer (HNC) are less likely to receive intensive chemotherapy and radiation

ASCO: Undertreatment Seen for Women With Head & Neck Cancer

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Female patients are less likely to receive intensive chemo, radiation; increased risk for death from HNC