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Med City News
Can making data beautiful engage patients and boost health literacy?(video)
May,01,2013
by+Stephanie Baum
Providing consumers access to their data without overwhelming their health literacy threshold is probably the biggest challenge for companies developing patient portals to provide access to electronic health records. Too much of a focus on images can be distracting but too much text can cause eye strain or be daunting for users.
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The Wall Street Journal
Health-Care Owners Shun Nursing Homes
Apr,30,2013
by:+A.D.PRUITT
Some of the nation's largest health-care landlords are pulling back from nursing homes on concerns they will be less profitable in an era of steep Medicare and Medicaid cuts.
Health Care REIT Inc., HCN +0.27% which leases to about 250 nursing homes nationwide, and Senior Housing Properties Trust, SNH +0.23% which is the landlord to nearly 50 nursing homes, have indicated they are greatly reducing their exposure or that they might exit the sector.
Ventas Inc., VTR +0.67% one of the largest health-care landlords in the U.S., said it is comfortable with the approximately 300 nursing homes it already houses but won't make major new acquisitions in the sector until there is more clarity on Medicare rates. Instead, Ventas plans to expand into assisted-living properties that aren't dependent on government subsidies.
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HealthIn 30min.
Doctors and Social Media: Personal vs. Professional Online Content
Feb,06,2013
By:+Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
The topic of health care social media continues here on Healthin30, and legal expert, David Harlow, Esq, Health Care Attorney and Consultant at The Harlow Group, LLC in Boston, answers a series of questions focusing on the legal aspects of physicians engaging in social media.
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Fierce Health IT
eHealth Initiative: Tackle looming policy issues to accelerate info exchange
Apr,30,2013
by:+Dan Bowman
The Washington, D.C.-based eHealth Initiative-- responding to a request for information issued in March by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services--said last week that excessive federal regulation of health information exchange would result in inhibited innovation and development.
In a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner and National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari,eHealth
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