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  Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a serious neurologic condition that causes limb weakness and paralysis. While uncommon, AFM affects mostly children, and can have devastating, long-term effects for patients and their families. There have been three AFM outbreaks in the United States—in 2014, 2016, and 2018. If this biennial pattern continues, another outbreak might occur in 2020. What AFM Might Look Like Braden, who was diagnosed with AFM in 2016, doing his physical therapy. Braden needed a breathing tube for 3 years and was initially paralyzed from the neck down. Now Braden can walk short distances, and his breathing tube has been removed. Braden’s mom Rachel is a co-founder of the Acute Flaccid Myelitis Association. Imagine your 5-year-old son, who is usually very excited to get up and get going in the morning, complains that his neck hurts, and he can’t move his left arm. You think nothing of it. Maybe he just slept wrong and his arm “fell asleep” and...

  As flu viruses and the virus that causes COVID-19 can spread this season, getting a flu vaccine is more important than ever. Here are five reasons why you should: 1. Helps Keep You Healthy As Flu can cause signs and symptoms; such as fever, cough, and body aches, that can keep a healthy person home from work, school, and errands for a few days to a week or more. The best way to prevent seasonal flu is to get vaccinated every year. Flu vaccination helps prevent millions of illnesses and flu-related doctor visits each year. CDC estimates that influenza vaccination during the 2019–2020 influenza season prevented 7.52 million illnesses, 3.69 million medical visits, 105,000 hospitalizations, and 6,300 deaths associated with influenza.(1)(3) 2. Beat the Bug Flu vaccination can reduce doctor visits due to flu. Several studies have shown flu vaccination can reduce the severity of illness in people who get vaccinated but still get sick. And during seasons wh...

  Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) or Hospital Management System (HMS) or Hospital Information System (HIS) can be defined as customized, integrated system software that helps in fulfilling the extensive data information requirements of a hospital, nursing home, clinic or other healthcare institutions including patient, physician, administration, clinical, inventory, accounts, and financial management. Generally, hospitals are the most complex healthcare centres with huge departments and units arrange look after the patients. It plays an important role in the success of a hospital and vital to decision making also. Computerization of the patient information and documentation has brought about effective information administration and data expansion for the users. It organizes the whole major functional area of an advanced multi-specialty hospital with its various powerful modules. It empowers enhanced patient care, patient safety, proficiency and less ex...