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Medicare: the new Angie's List? | Bloomberg BNA
Patients and providers often ask for information from patients about clinicians on the website Physicians Compare. CMS might add the answers to open-ended survey questions to the site.
Allscripts, Surescripts help pharmacists gain access to patient data after Hurricane Harvey | Medcity News
Allscripts and Surescripts are providing pharmacists with patients' medication history via a cloud-based Allscripts application.
AMA, Henry Ford Macomb Hospital pilot prediabetes patient registry | Health Data Management
The patient registry will help clinicians evaluate how effective screening, testing, and referring pre-diabetic patients to a prevention program is.
Fitbit, Dexcom team up to bring CGM data to Fitbit's new smartwatch | Mobihealthnews
The partnership will allow Fitbit's Ionic smartwatch to display continuous glucose monitor information from Dexcom.
Safety, quality and clinical practice
More doctors are practicing past age 70. Is that safe for patients? The Inquirer
Prohibiting doctors from practicing past a certain age: Is it age discrimination, or is it keeping patients safe?
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Eat fat, live longer? | Science Daily
In mice, a high-fat diet increased both lifespan and strength.
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