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May 18, 2012 | Chris Anderson - Contributing Editor
The newly released Harris Poll EquiTrend study revealed that consumers shopping for health insurance will strongly factor in brand equity when payers begin competing on health insurance exchanges in 2014.
May 18, 2012 | PhysBizTech staff
In the current healthcare landscape, physicians, health insurers and patients want to know how well a drug will work and affect total medical costs. However, according to a report published May 17 by the Health Research Institute at PwC US, information provided by the biopharmaceutical industry no...
May 18, 2012 | Eric Wicklund - Senior Editor
The Federal Communications Commission will vote on May 24 on whether to allow the healthcare industry to use designated broadband space to develop and deploy mobile body area networks. If approved, the move would open the door to more and better uses of wireless monitoring both inside and outside...
May 17, 2012 | Kelsey Brimmer - Associate Editor
Differences in regional readmission rates for heart failure are more closely connected with the availability of care and socioeconomics rather than with hospital performance or a patient’s degree of illness, according to recently released research.
May 17, 2012 | Kaiser Health News - www.kaiserhealthnews.org
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) on May 16 released guidance for states to provide details to the federal government on how they will run their online insurance marketplaces. Details are due to HHS by Nov. 16, 2012, according to the blueprint document.
May 17, 2012 | Frank Irving - Editor
A new business index, announced May 17 by Experian and Moody's Analytics, shows that U.S. commercial credit conditions are improving, with fewer small businesses falling behind on bill payments. The index will be reported quarterly to track fluctuations in the market and indicate factors that...
May 17, 2012 | PhysBizTech staff
Standards development organization Health Level Seven International announced on May 16 a pilot membership program and webpage to encourage clinician caregivers to participate in the process of developing standards for EHRs.
May 16, 2012 | PhysBizTech staff
The latest Thomson Reuters-NPR Health Poll finds that a majority of Americans believe live organ donors should be afforded compensation in the form of healthcare credits for their donation, and it should come from health insurance companies.
May 16, 2012 | Mary Mosquera - Contributing Editor
The Department of Health & Human Services announced the availability of the Health System Measurement Project, through which policymakers, providers and the public can use online tools to develop data-driven charts and views of changes in important health system indicators.
May 16, 2012 | PhysBizTech staff
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration alerted healthcare professionals and patients about the use of "liberation therapy" to treat chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency. The FDA said it has learned of death and injuries associated with the experimental procedure.

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