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Editors note: This article is based on a presentation the authors gave at the 43rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), held Sept. 14-17, 2003, in Chicago.
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When the number of early syphilis cases in San Francisco increased from 41 in 1998 to 495 in 2002, and more than two-thirds of these cases also were HIV-positive, health department officials decided that new prevention interventions were needed.
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A new report on HIV diagnoses among 29 states for 1999 to 2002 is as strong a statement as national public health officials have ever given to confirming anecdotal reports that HIV infection rates are on the rise.
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Hypothyroidism and Pregnancy; Anti-Depressants and the Risk of Suicide; FDA Actions; Brief Notes.
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Making sure your patient satisfaction program is top-notch takes more than just sending out surveys, according to winners of a national patient satisfaction improvement award offered by Press Ganey Associates in South Bend, IN.
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Kids not only say the darndest things, as television personality Art Linkletter says, but they also ask some tough, specific questions when facing a day of same-day surgery.
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One same-day surgery program offers a cruise. Another program offers one-on-one tours and talks. Although the approach is different, the goal is the same: Prepare children for their same-day surgery experience by explaining the unknown and making the whole experience less scary.
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A security consulting firm that is providing security risk assessment and compliance review services for small health care related businesses says one way to increase incentives for physicians to come into compliance with HIPAA requirements would be for malpractice insurers to offer reduced premiums to those who have done a risk assessment and are moving forward on implementation.
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The latest survey of 631 providers, payers, companies, and clearinghouses by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) indicates that as of mid-January, only half had completed testing for the Transaction and Code Standards (TCS), which standardized what information must be contained in electronic claims and how it should be transmitted.
