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CMS Aims To Shine Light In Dark Data Places
...The federal government has no intention of slowing on its promise to bring as much data to light as it possibly can, Brennan told attendees in a closing keynote June 18 at the Government Health IT Conference and Exhibition...
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Combining Satisfaction And Healthcare Cost Data
An organization in Virginia has made the most of available federal data and has provided a one-stop-shop for healthcare consumers.
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Drugs Companies Buy NHS Patient Data, Register Reveals
Some of world's biggest pharmaceutical companies have bought NHS patient data, a new register has revealed. Drugs corporations including Bayer, Baxter, AstraZeneca and Roche are among dozens of private firms sold information, as well as Bupa, the healthcare provider.
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I Bet You Don't Understand Your Medical Bill...I Don't, And I'm A Doctor.
Cracking Open Medical Jargon Case #5: EOB or Explanation of Benefits...
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Profits Vs. Patient Outcomes In The Healthcare Industry
...In my exposure to healthcare delivery worldwide, I learned that this basic ethic of improving the healthcare of all citizens was not universally accepted by industry and providers globally. Cheating on clinical trials, denying health care to large segments of the population due to cultural bias and politicians twisting the rules of reimbursement to maintain the same false share of medical costs for drugs even if their lowered and offset previous government expenditures for hospitalization and morbidity...
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VA Releases Findings On Deaths, Injuries From Delayed Tests
Three veterans died and nine others were injured as the result of delays in treatment for gastrointestinal cancers in the VA’s Sunshine Healthcare Network serving Florida, southern Georgia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, according to a much-anticipated VA report released Monday. The report also laid out corrective measures being taken to prevent similar problems in the future
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