Author Articles
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Nov. 11, 2009 — HL7 Publishes First EHR Functional Requirements Standard for Clinical Research
Health Level Seven (HL7), the non-profit standards development organization, has published the health care industry’s first American National…
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Coding Diabetes With Diabetic Retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy is the most common diabetic eye disease and a leading cause of blindness in American adults.…
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Better Reporting of Abuse is Necessary
Child and adult abuse is a major concern in the U.S. and is often unreported. Better reporting is…
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Testing Spasticity: The Modified Ashworth Scale
There are folks who think that spasticity is a good thing, that there is logic behind it, that…
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Coding Mammography
Vol. 19 • Issue 5 • Page 6CCS Prep! Every woman is at risk for developing breast cancer,…
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Coding Knee Arthroscopies Can Be Tricky
Knee arthroscopy is one of the most common orthopedic procedures in the US. Approximately 1.5 million knee arthroscopies…
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MT Industry Is Dying on the Vine
The letter from Wendy Keller regarding “What Good is Change for MTs?” (Jan. 12) has finally said what…
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The Dark Side of Medical Transcription
Vol. 19 • Issue 2 • Page 19 We hear about it here at ADVANCE, but we don’t…
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The Career of a Lifetime
Vol. 19 • Issue 2 • Page 9Professional Profile Ask Mary Zannis, RHIT, for a story and she’ll…
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Coding an Intravenous Infusion
Vol. 18 • Issue 26 • Page 8Coding Corner Diagnosis: Crohn’s disease. Order Information: Remicade 5 mg/kg =…
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The Lung Redefined
Vol. 21 • Issue 26 • Page 10 April Gochberg, MA, RRT, could never simply accept conventional wisdom.…
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Why Gender Matters
Vol. 21 • Issue 24 • Page 20 When I taught asthma education classes in middle and high…