Avery Comarow’s blog on USNews.com is my personal find of the week. I once worked with Avery, so I know he tells it like it is, and he’s tackling an important topic. Check out his take on the CMS Hospital Compare page: Hospital Deaths Go Public.
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Not Just a Pretty Picture–Susannah Fox
The Journal of the National Cancer Institute published health risk data in a way that only a researcher would love (Reason.com’s Hit & Run blog links to the subscription-only charts here in case you want to marvel at the ugliness). Luckily The New York Times took notice and painted a picture that everyone can appreciate. […]
Eyeballs AND Data, Please–Susannah Fox
Jeff Howe’s blog post, “Can We Crowdsource Medical Expertise?” elicited the following comment from Daniel Reda of CureTogether.com: “Personally, just like I have batting averages, crash test ratings and historical earnings, I’d like to see the data on whoever interprets my MRI and whoever makes my diagnosis, regardless of whether it’s an amateur in a […]
Health System Change: Collaborative Researchers–Susannah Fox
Ha Tu and Genna Cohen of the Center for Studying Health System Change released their latest report on how Americans gather health information (HTML report; news release). I met with them in June and learned a bit more about how they approached this massive data set (N=18,000+).
Doctors’ Digital Footprints–Susannah Fox
Is it “disordered” behavior to Google your doctor? An article in JAMA suggests that doctors be on their guard.
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