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Docs comb past records with new CDC lead guidelines
New guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that state there is no safe level of lead exposure for children likely will pose logistic and financial challenges to physicians.
EHRs key to joint CDC-ACS patient safety initiative
A new collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) to prevent surgical site infections (SSIs) and other adverse outcomes
Joint CDC-ACS patient safety initiative to rely heavily on EHRs
A new collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) to prevent surgical site infections (SSIs) and other adverse outcomes
Joint Commission, CDC use QR-codes to educate patients
Industry members and regulators are taking patient education mobile with a QR-code-based campaign. Created by health supplies company Kimberly Clark, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Improvements needed in ambulatory patient safety, infection control
Consistent with previous reports that physician offices can be just as dangerous to patients as hospitals, a new report from the American Medical Association contends that more research is needed to
Public health reporting for Meaningful Use may depend on HIEs
With public health measures receiving a higher profile in Meaningful Use Stage 2, government agencies are struggling to connect healthcare providers online to public health agencies at the state and
More docs address unhealthy lifestyles, but barriers remain
The push toward lifestyle medicine may be catching on, according to the results of a new national survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the CDC report , 32 percent
Texting helps with at-risk pregnancies, Partners plans to expand program
Sending supportive text messages to moms-to-be, both during and after birth, can improve patients' prenatal and postpartum care, according to a study conducted by Partners Health in Boston, and just
CDC launches health information iPad app
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just launched its first-ever app specifically enabled for iPads, CDC officials said today. The new app, called the CDC Mobile iPad Application, is
Google Flu Trends a good warning system for EDs
Why wait for a slow, clunky government report to learn about illness trends in your area when, with the click of a mouse, you can do so in near real time? That's the gist of a report published this
