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Headlines for Nov 13-16

  • Posted November 16th 2008
  • by Janice
  • » Through website, patients creating own drug studies - The Boston Globe

    B. Globe on PatientsLikeMe and other social networking sites for patients and how the pool of participants are increasingly being used as research participants. A key theme at Health Content08.

  • » A healthcare system badly out of balance - The Boston Globe

    Long investigative piece in B. Globe on lack of price transparency in hospitals, with focus on varying prices paid by insurers for same procedure in different hospitals. Article elicited large # comments from readers, pointing out some shortcomings, but data that are reported clearly hit a nerve.

  • » New Inventory of HHS Quality Measures Released to Improve Public- and Private-Sector Performance Measurement Efforts

    New HHS site (AHRQ) that provides an aggregate look at all teh quality and performance improvement measures throughout HHS.

  • » HealthCentral Announces New Condition-Specific Ad Service to Offer Marketers the Highest Qualified Audiences - MarketWatch

    Press release from HealthCentral about their new ad network.

  • » Nina Sossamon-Pogue at Health Content08

    Press release from Icyou.com announcing Nina’s participation on the Lively Up Your Content panel at Health Content08.

  • » Health Business Blog » Blog Archive » Intel jumps into telehealth

    David E. Williams on pros and cons of home monitoring devices, as relates to Intel’s new initiatives in this space.

  • » HealthGrades Sponsors PlanSmartChoice.com - MarketWatch

    HealthGrades is participating in sponsoring a portal (PlanSmartChoice.com) for federal employees to help them select their health care coverage, along with Asparity Decision Solutions

  • » QualityHealth.com Grows to 8th Most Visited Health Information Site on the Web - MarketWatch

    “QualityHealth.com is the leading provider of performance based targeted healthcare advertising and information on the Web.” Press release goes on to explain that QualityHealth.com ” QualityHealth.com offers consumers health savings opportunities along with insightful content such as our new ‘Expert Q&A’ section that can help people make the right choices when it comes to their health.”

  • » http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/1000208/the-personal-health-record-awaits-a-breakthrough/

    Commentary on the slow pick-up of PHRs.

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