Computer-Assisted Coding Gives a Boost
HealthDataManagement, 03/10/2010
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A computer–assisted coding project underway in a Maine health system is showing early returns, including reduced expenses and improved cash flow. Mandy Reid, coding manager at Eastern Maine Medical Center, discussed the technology at the HIMSS 2010
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Molecular basis of odor coding in the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 03/10/2010
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Wang G et al. – This study provides a comprehensive overview of olfactory coding mechanisms of An. gambiae that ultimately may aid in fostering the design and development of olfactory–based strategies for
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Parametric Color Coding of Digital Subtraction Angiography
American Journal of Neuroradiology, 02/19/2010
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Strother CM et al. – At no additional cost in x–ray dose or contrast medium, color–coding of DSA enhanced the conspicuity of findings on DSA images. It was particularly useful in situations in which there was a complex
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Tips for ICD-10 Assessment Work
HealthDataManagement, 02/26/2010
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The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange will host a 90–minute audiocast on March 24 on conducting an impact assessment of ICD–10 compliance activities and how the assessment later relates to compliance test planning.
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microRNAs in heart disease: putative novel therapeutic targets
European Heart Journal, 02/24/2010
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Condorelli G et al. – microRNAs (miRs) are short, approximately 22–nucleotide–long non–coding RNAs involved in the control of gene expression. They guide ribonucleoprotein complexes that effect translational repression or messenger RNA degradation
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CMS to Discuss MU Rule on Feb. 23
HealthDataManagement, 02/25/2010
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Services will host a teleconference on Feb. 23 to discuss provisions of the proposed rule to establish the Medicare/Medicaid incentive programs for the meaningful use of electronic health records.
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Programming in the Small
Journal of Digital Imaging, 02/22/2010
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physicists, students, and physicians. While they possess domain expertise and algorithm knowledge, they often are not fully aware of general "safe coding" practices—nor do they need the full complexity familiar in large commercial software projects to succeed. Rather, some simple guidelines we refer
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Identification of an ICP27-Responsive Element in the Coding Region of a Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Late Gene
Journal of Virology, 02/24/2010
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Sedlackova L et al. – In an ICP27–null background, deletion of the SE led to ICP27–independent expression of the gC gene, demonstrating that the SE functions during viral
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Hospital mortality due to pulmonary embolism and an evaluation of the usefulness of preventative interventions
Thrombosis Research, 02/25/2010
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D et al. – Hospital mortality due to clinically recognized PE can be determined by chart review of PE cases identified using the ICD coding system. Death due to PE is often potentially preventable; in the subgroup with cancer and DVT/PE, an IVCF may be a potentially useful intervention to
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A Homozygous Nonsense Mutation within the Dystonin Gene Coding for the Coiled-Coil Domain of the Epithelial Isoform of BPAG1 Underlies a New Subtype of Autosomal Recessive Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex
Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 02/19/2010
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McGrath JA et al. – With regard to skin blistering, the clinicopathological findings
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