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Probst: National patient identifier would reduce cost, increase safety
Feb,18,2014
by+Don Fluckinger
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- By his own admission, Marc Probst, vice president and CIO at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City, is not enough of a data scientist to explain exactly how much health information exchange would be simplified if Congress were to overturn its ban on a national patient identifier. He just knows in his gut it would make data exchange a lot more efficient.
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HealthDataManagement
Retailers Making Moves into Health Care Space
Feb,18,2014
by:+Neil Versel
This month, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced that CVS has joined with competitors Walgreens, Kroger, Rite Aid and Safeway to endorse the Blue Button initiative, giving pharmacy customers an easy way to download and share their prescription records. The five companies also will work together "towards standardizing patient prescription information to fuel the growth of private-sector applications and services that can add value to this basic health information," according to the ONC announcement.
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Modern Healthcare
More patients using online doctor reviews to choose a physician
Feb,19,2014
by:+Sabriya Rice
More consumers are turning to physician-rating websites to seek information on their doctors, in the same way as they would when evaluating a new car to buy or a movie to watch, according to a survey released today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study authors caution there are possible implications to treating reviews of physicians in this manner.
The survey found 65% of respondents were aware of online physician ratings, and of those who used the sites, 35% reported selecting a physician based on good reviews, while 37% avoided a physician based on bad reviews.
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Physicians Practice
Medical Practices Must Remember That Patients are Customers Too
Feb,11,2014
by:+Jennifer Frank, MD
We just returned from vacation — a leisurely seven days in a tropical climate. Returning to snowy weather clocking in at 10 degrees below zero was … actually good. I was ready to be done with vacation, as wonderful and enjoyable as it was. Not only was I ready to give up the 400-square-foot room I shared for a week with my offspring, but I was also ready to get back to real life and apply some of the things I thought about during my time off. - See more at: http://www.physicianspractice.com/blog/medical-practices-must-remember-patients-are-customers-too?GUID=CBC6BBCA-23FB-45F9-98C0-2F81BAAB9362&rememberme=1&ts=18022014#sthash.3NqyAhKk.dpuf
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