Eric Dishman, director of the All of Us Research Program, emphasized individuals must share their EHR information to reap the program's full benefits in an Oct. 26 YouTube video.
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Parkland Health & Hospital System and UT Southwestern Medical Center, both located in Dallas, launched a project in 2009 that resulted in a 61.4 percent HPV vaccine up-to-date rate at Parkland in 2016.
Although roughly 43.3 percent of U.S. adults got the flu vaccine in 2015-16, an estimated 24.5 million fell ill with the virus, according to CNBC.
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare on Monday unveiled a retrofitted $7 million high-speed jet, which is devoted entirely to organ retrieval and similar trips to and from Utah, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.
Copper alloys can mitigate the bacterial burden on high-touch surfaces and placing them in equipment athletic centers can decrease community-acquired infections, according to a study in American Journal of Infection Control.
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A health information exchange in western New York helped the Erie County Department of Health save time and money on the surveillance of sexually transmitted infections, according to a study published in the Health Information Management Journal.
Roughly 1.6 million cases of chlamydia were reported to the CDC in 2016, making it the most common sexually transmitted disease in the U.S., according to a recent CDC report.
Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta will offer Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente health plan members in-network access to all facilities under a new contract.
UCLA researchers found exposure to e-cigarettes with nicotine increases adrenaline levels in the heart for healthy nonsmokers, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Pueblo, Colo.-based St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center will close its obstetrics and neonatal intensive care units Dec. 15, directly contradicting an announcement made last month, according to the Pueblo Chieftain.