AN INTERACTIVE MULTIMODALITY CURRICULUM TEACHING MEDICINE RESIDENTS ABOUT ONCOLOGIC DOCUMENTATION AND BILLING

An Interactive Multimodality Curriculum Teaching Medicine Residents About Oncologic Documentation and Billing

Introduction Physicians recognize the importance of clinical documentation for accuracy of coding and billing, but it is emphasized little in residency curricula, with an even smaller emphasis on oncology-specific documentation.We developed an educational curriculum to teach residents about clinical documentation for Vacuum PowerBrushâ„¢ Kit cancer

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Using high-throughput sequencing to leverage surveillance of genetic diversity and oseltamivir resistance: a pilot study during the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic.

BACKGROUND: Influenza viruses display a high mutation rate and complex evolutionary patterns.Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has been widely used for qualitative and semi-quantitative assessment of genetic diversity in complex biological samples.The "deep sequencing" approach, enabled by the enormous throughput of current NGS platforms, allows the

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Use of wild bird surveillance, human case data and GIS spatial analysis for predicting spatial distributions of West Nile virus in Greece.

West Nile Virus (WNV) is the causative agent of a vector-borne, zoonotic disease with a worldwide distribution.Recent expansion and introduction of WNV into new areas, including southern Europe, has been associated with severe disease in humans and equids, and has increased concerns regarding the need to prevent and control future WNV outbreaks.Sin

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