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Healthgrades Announces 2015 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ Recipients

DENVER--Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals, today announced the 261 recipients of the 2015 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ (DHA-CE).

Executives anticipate 4-year payback period for population health tools

The majority of healthcare managers anticipate recouping their investments in population health management programs within three to four years, according to a survey by KPMG, a U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm.

Practice Fusion Announces Positive Results of Population Health Vaccine Initiative Conducted in Collaboration with Merck

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14, 2015 -- Practice Fusion, the #1 cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) for doctors and patients, announced the results of a recent collaboration with Merck & Co. Inc. 

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IOM urges sweeping changes to clinical trial data sharing

The Institute of Medicine has released a report calling for widespread sharing of clinical trial data.

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Cleveland Clinic forms coalition to control healthcare costs, improve quality

Cleveland Clinic is partnering with five other Ohio health systems to build a coalition designed to control healthcare costs and improve quality.

Consumers split on willingness to share health data

It’s about evenly split when it comes to willingness of consumers to share their health information for research purposes, according to a Truven Health-NPR survey.

AHRQ: ‘Super-Utilizers’ account for half of 30-day Medicaid hospital readmissions

The readmission rate of super-utilizers, or patients who had four or more admissions during 2012, was nearly six times as high as that for other Medicaid patients, according to a statistical brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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CMS hosting call for providers on Medicare quality reporting programs

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is hosting a phone call for U.S. providers on Jan. 13 to go over the 2014 submission process for several Medicare quality reporting programs.

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Medsender, Patagonia Health team up to aid public health efforts against COVID-19

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