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The yeast Candida versatilis was isolated from 10 blood cultures from neonates drawn over a period of 10 days.
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Prophylactic administration of immunoglobin failed to demonstrate any benefit among recipients of an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant from HLA-identical sibling donors.
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Drug discovery activities have yielded agents effective against a novel target in staphylococci.
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The rapid immunochromatographic urine test Binax NOW was found to be a valuable, sensitive, and rapid test for diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia even after antibiotic therapy had been started.
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Confusion in research circles over privacy requirements under HIPAA is seen in a flap at the Johns Hopkins Medical School, which sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services asking whether it could request patients permission to use their medical records for research.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the National Committee for Quality Assurance have started a new Privacy Certification Program for Business Associates to assess whether organizations designated as business associates under HIPAA are meeting essential requirements for safeguarding personally identifiable health information.
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Physician practices considering going back to paper claims as a way of coping with the Oct. 16 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services deadline for transactions and code sets should resist the temptation, according to John Thomas, CEO of Dallas-based MedSynergies.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will use a complaint-driven process to enforce the transactions and code sets provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act after the Oct. 16 implementation deadline, and will focus on using voluntary compliance.
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A web page for registration training and support for Aurora Health Cares metro region is providing a wealth of information for access personnel and drawing praise not just from the Milwaukee-based facilities it targets, but throughout the Aurora network.