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5 Secrets to ACO Success
Transparency and these five core competencies are 'must haves' for accountable care organizations that wish to achieve...
Obama aministration shelves doctor ’mystery shoppers’ plan
The Obama administration said Tuesday that it had shelved plans for a survey in which "mystery shoppers" posing as...
West Penn Hospital would have closed without Highmark deal
Without its acquisition by Highmark Inc., West Penn Allegheny Health System would have been forced to shutter West...
Medical identity theft spreads
The problem of medical identity theft is on the rise, according to Pam Dixon, who heads a non-profit group called the...
’Get system out of way’ CEO says
America Online founder Steve Case predicts that converging trends in public policy, technology and consumerism in...
Digging into celebrity medical records has a long history
For decades, the tabloids have made a cottage industry of star ailments. But now, celebrity representatives say that a...
Warning on storage of health records
Two researchers warn that the entry of big companies like Microsoft and Google into the field of personal health...
Worker charged in New York City hospital file thefts
A patient admissions representative at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center was charged in...
UCLA hospital bans cellphones, laptops
UCLA’s neuropsychiatric hospital has banned all cellphones and laptop computers after a patient posted group...
New ways to manage health data
Online personal health records began as password-protected templates for storing basic medical information, accessible...