AMRA's role in the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey.
The American Medical Record Association (AMRA) has worked closely with the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) in planning the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey (NMIHS). AMRA has endorsed the NMIHS and encourages the participation of hospital medical record departments.(CNN) A 2,000-foot-long system created to clean up plastic pollution in the Pacific Ocean is broken and being towed back to port for repair.

The Ocean Cleanup System 001, a U-shaped floating barrier created by the organization The Ocean Cleanup, arrived in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in October.

Ocean garbage patches are formed by rotating ocean currents called "gyres" that pull marine debris (litter, fishing gear, and plastic) into one location, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . The are several of these patches in the ocean, including two in the Pacific. The one known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is located between Hawaii and California, and it's about double the size of Texas, or three times the size ofFrance.

After several months at sea, it was