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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
Children with certain eye conditions -- amblyopia or strabismus -- require more time to fill out multiple-choice answer forms

Amblyopia, Strabismus May Slow Test Performance in Children

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Findings based on mean time to complete multiple-choice answer forms
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
More time spent in education seems to be a causal risk factor for myopia

Time Spent in Education Is Causal Risk Factor for Myopia

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University graduate would be ≥−1 dioptre more myopic than someone leaving school at 16
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 – Ophthalmology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Ophthalmology for May 2018. This roundup includes the latest...
The addition of multisensory pain-reducing interventions to topical anesthetic reduces pain in eye examinations of preterm infants

Multisensory Interventions Cut Pain in Preterm Infant Eye Exams

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Combo of topical anesthetic plus sweet taste cuts pain response in preterm infants