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After the visit, the discussion about traveler’s diarrhea reminds Dr. Cook to
check on a question she has about the uptake of rotavirus vaccine in her patient
population. She asks her office manager to query the practice’s EMR database
about uptake of the rotavirus vaccine for her eligible patients and finds it to be low.
Searching the CDC site for better patient education materials about the vaccine,
she receives 30 minutes of continuing medical education electronically for reviewing
the vaccine research trial data and vaccine information and begins a program
to improve rotavirus immunization rates using her online practice management
quality tool.
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