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Center: Physician performance metrics show potential
Writing for the Center for Studying Health System Change, Debra A. Draper sees great potential in the quantification of physician…
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Lack of performance info difficult for patients, docs
Harlan Krumholz, M.D., writes in The Washington Post that, while better quantitative monitoring would greatly improve the experiences of both…
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Diabetes study ups ante for comparing treatments
Of all the potential reforms to the health-care system, one of the most profound might turn out to be a…
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PBS documentary delves into depression
A 90-minute public television documentary that first aired on May 21 (transcripts and video are available online here) dives headfirst…
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Health costs lurk behind middle-class bankruptcies
Medical bills and gaps in health coverage are wreaking havoc on the finances of the middle class, say researchers who…
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Service allegedly exploited disabled workers
Clark Kauffman of the Des Moines Register reports on the allegations of abuse and regulatory failures at “a network of…
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‘Prescription for Disaster’ reporter wins Livingston
John Dickerson, a 26-year-old reporter for the Phoenix New Times, won the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in the local…
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Fellows will learn about using NIH research
Monday is the deadline to apply for this fellowship, which includes travel expenses, lodging and stipend for a week at…
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Pharmacists could be ‘patient coaches’ for a price
A chance to reform health care is also a chance for some folks to make a case for a bigger…
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Challenges to popular medical myths raise ire
Sarah Kliff, writing for Newsweek, takes a look at the efforts of two Indiana University pediatricians to use well-established research…
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