A study at the Public Library of Science finds that use of pharmacogenomics in managing drug regimens can help reduce readmissions and ER use.
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Health professional continuing education and training firm Career Step takes a step forward, finding a solution to its problems by buying Panacea, which provides coding and compliance training.
http://www.themiddlemarket.com/news/strategic_m_a/revelstoke-career-step-buys-panacea-grow-educational-services-262601-1.htmlResearchers use an interesting approach to ascertain that hospital quality measures do appear to be associated with better patient outcomes.
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Using long-term care hospitals as an example, researchers find that reimbursement methods designed to control costs may create other outcomes.
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A paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research examines the effects of price-linked subsidies to aid in the purchase of health insurance.
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HealthReveal unveils a new financing, getting $10.8 million for its predictive analytics business, wow isn't that a novel idea.
http://medcitynews.com/2017/02/healthreveal-10-8m/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=42371239&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8OLx-Lr7SksmV7xov4yRnK57Awd8VkFUO5FR4pynHv5R0QLsKVuMq5riaMNKCFFOd_S4ZsOlA3ECpovAblXHKd38N2XSmiaesOCOWQHuDnY8e8U4I&_hsmi=42371239&rf=1It is NBER week, starting with a review of a paper on a revised method for analyzing changes in national health spending.
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