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Opinion: Medicare’s hidden information hurts people, policy

STAT

7, triggers a deluge of information about various options. Unfortunately, information crucial both for the individual and for the broader policy goal of moving toward a “value-based” care system is often difficult to find or not available at all. Open enrollment season for Medicare, which began Oct. 15 and ends Dec.

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USDA faulted for disclosing scant information about outbreaks of H5N1 avian flu in cattle

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government to release more information to help them assess the risk the outbreaks pose to cattle operations and people. But they are operating largely in the dark because the United States has released such sparse information, said Marion Koopmans, head of the department of viroscience at Erasmus Medical Center in the Dutch city of Rotterdam.

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STAT+: HHS finalizes penalties for providers resorting to ‘information blocking’

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The federal government has cemented a key part of its strategy for making patients’ medical records transfer easier: setting disincentives for providers engaging in what’s known as “information blocking.”

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Opinion: Done right, AI can give patients crucial information on the quality of their care

STAT

Yet even as AI is providing doctors with increasingly sophisticated data, the information available to patients has stagnated. Whether you have cancer, need a knee replacement, or face serious heart surgery, reliable comparative information is difficult to find and use. And what is available is often years old. Read the rest…

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Informal referrals deprive pharmacies of 'more than £115m a year'

The Pharmacist

Informal referrals to community pharmacies deprive pharmacies of more than £115 million each year, Community Pharmacy England (CPE) has estimated. Although funding […] The post Informal referrals deprive pharmacies of 'more than £115m a year' appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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STAT+: A new PIPE lawsuit challenges the fairness of sharing confidential, stock-moving information

STAT

The fairness of PIPEs, particularly the preferential sharing of confidential, stock-moving information, is now a legal question.   Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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