The American Medical Association (A...

The American Medical Association (AMA) has released a just discovered primer to help physicians improve immunization rates, particularly among minority clusters The free four-booklet primer, "Roadmaps for Clinical Practice, Improving Immunization: Addressing Racial and Ethnic Populations," provides tools to help physicians make secure that patients are up-to-date with their vaccinations, including immunization schedules for children and adults. Coverage rates for vaccine-preventable diseases among adolescents and adults averages les than 70 percent nationally. late data show that influenza vaccine coverage for adults 65 years and older is 70 percent for whites, 52 percent for blacks, and 46 percent for Hispanics. Vaccine-preventable disease is the fifth leading cause of death in patients 65 years and older The primer is available online at http://www.ama-assn.org/go/roadmaps.

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