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Electronic Medical Data Invaluable to Health Industry...If They Can Unlock It // Electr... - 0 views
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"More than three-quarters of healthcare executives believe their industry's most valuable asset is going to be information contained in electronic medical records...hundreds of billions of gigabytes of health and medical information will be industry's most valuable asset in 5 years. The value, however, must be unlocked by finding ways to overcome a lack of standards, privacy concerns, and technology limitations that could hinder use of the data." || NOTE: This data has already been used by private medical insurance companies to dig up "preexisting conditions" that allow them to drop coverage (rescission) on potentially unprofitable subscribers. ||
The Participatory Medicine Cluetrain - 0 views
Key opinion leaders: independent experts or drug representatives in disguise? - 0 views
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In the world of medicine, "key opinion leader" is the somewhat Orwellian term used to describe the senior doctors who help drug companies sell drugs. : BMJ : British Medical Journal
Will Illegal Immigrants Get Insurance Coverage with Health Reform? - Health Blog - WSJ - 0 views
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House health reform proposal excludes illegal immigrants from the mandate of buying health insurance or paying a penalty. It also denies them the "affordability credits" that would reduce their out-of-pockets costs of buying insurance on their own, but they could participate in the insurance exchange, where individuals and small businesses can shop for coverage. Obama's plan wouldn't allow them to participate in the exchange at all, according to the WSJ.
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