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Internet Search Yields Mixed Health Results
Apr,17,2014
by+Greg Goth
Research from the University of Florida found stark differences in the quality of Web-based health information provided by search engines for different health issues.
The researchers discovered that searches related to the diagnosis and treatment of physical disease or injuries tend to yield higher-quality information than online searches for preventive health and social health information. The findings, based on queries of Google’s general search engine using more than 2,000 different health-related terms, appeared in the January 2014 issue of the journal Decision Support Systems.
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Kaiser Health News
Hospitals Get Into Doctor Rating Business
Apr,,17,2014
by:+Phil Galewitz
After some doctors at University of Utah Health Care noticed scathing online reviews about themselves in 2012, the hospital system decided the best way to respond was by posting its patients’ ratings of physicians on the hospital’s own website.
The hospital was already randomly surveying patients about their experiences with physicians. Now, when potential patients use online search engines to look for a University of Utah Health Care doctor, the hospital’s reviews pop up first
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Modern Healthcare
Practice Makes Perfect: Collaborating with insurers to implement new payment models
Apr,18,2014
by:+Jeffrey Milburn
Last June, MGMA released the results of a questionnaire that ranked members' most pressing practice management challenges. In this edition of “Practice Makes Perfect,” we address No. 8 on that list: collaborating with payers to implement new payment models.
Payment mechanisms are changing as healthcare moves to value-based reimbursement. Multiple programs from both government and commercial payers involve a plethora of reimbursement plans that include varying metrics, benchmarks and incentives for physician practices
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WP Politics
Google faces new pressure from states to crack down on illegal online drug sales
Apr,,15,2014
by:+Matea Gold and Tom Hamburger
Several state attorneys general are pressing Google to make it harder for its users to find counterfeit prescription medicine and illegal drugs online, marking the second time in the past three years that the firm has drawn government scrutiny for its policies on rogue Internet pharmacies.
Their complaints, conveyed in a letter signed by 24 top state prosecutors, led to private meetings with Google executives earlier this year in Denver and Washington, producing contentious exchanges about the company’s practices. Now, while some of the attorneys general are pleased with Google’s response to their concerns, others want the tech giant to go further.
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