A highly contagious viral disease, measles can cause blindness, deafness, brain damage or even death. Though this virus was declared eliminated in the U.S. by 2000, its outbreaks have reappeared. According to the reports from CDC – from January 1 … Continue reading
Read MoreEvery year, infectious diseases take a heavy toll on health and healthcare resources in the U.S. The most common infectious diseases in the U.S. are influenza, viral hepatitis, measles, mumps and Rubella, pneumonia, STD, AIDS and HIV, and whooping cough. … Continue reading
Read MoreInfectious disease is a major public health concern in the United States and across the globe. Coordinated and accessible data is imperative for understanding the patterns of these diseases, and this underlines the importance of error-free documentation with infectious disease … Continue reading
Read MoreToday, new and confounding infectious diseases threaten health. Moreover, diseases that were considered extinct are reappearing. Infectious diseases specialists are also faced with challenges such as rising patient volume and compliance with ICD-10 coding. Many practices lack the financial and … Continue reading
Read MoreWith the rise in the incidence of travel-related infectious diseases, people traveling abroad are at a high risk of health problems. Zika is the latest in the list of travel-related health diseases. The History and Physical exam (H&P) has become … Continue reading
Read MoreUrinary tract infection (UTI) is a severe health problem that affects millions of people every year. A common type of infection in the body, it can also be a hospital-acquired infection. Not all patients show symptoms though most of them … Continue reading
Read MoreThough antibiotic drugs greatly reduce illness and death from infectious diseases, unnecessary and prolonged use of such drugs allows infectious organisms (that were targeted to kill by the drugs) to get adapted to them and cause antibiotic-resistant infections. The most … Continue reading
Read MoreWith the Ebola outbreak, the efficiency of electronic health records (EHRs) in handling infectious diseases has been questioned. This October, representatives from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) co-hosted … Continue reading
Read MoreMedical transcription of doctors’ recorded observations and treatment details is of great significance from the point of view of appropriate diagnosis and treatment. The transcripts have to be accurate, and there is no room at all for error. Continue reading
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