Top stories in health and medicine, March 3, 2015

From MedPage Today: Don’t Like ICD-10? Don’t Worry — ICD-11 is on the Horizon. As U.S. physicians gear up to put the ICD-10 coding system in place by the upcoming Oct. 1 deadline, work is being done elsewhere on the coding system’s next-generation product: ICD-11. Docs Struggle With Vaccine Spacing. Ninety-three percent of pediatricians and family physicians said that they’d been asked by a parent to spread out vaccinations for children under 2 years of age, deviating significantly from recommended schedules. Four Words That Could Destroy Health Insurance for Millions. “Established by the State.” These four words are at the heart of King v. Burwell, a case being argued at the Supreme Court. Algorithm Ups Successful Resection in Ovarian Cancer. An algorithm developed at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston has dramatically increased complete resection rates in advanced ovarian cancer, giving patients the best possible chance of survival in this otherwise unforgiving disease. Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
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