Healthcare Data Digest, September 6, 2013 Healthcare Data Digest
September 6, 2013 Volume III Issue 36


Welcome to this week's Healthcare Data Digest. In case you missed any of this week's headlines in our Twitter news feed, you can view them now:

  1. Pediatric Readmission Rates Not Indicator of Hospital Performance

  2. Satisfaction Levels Rise for CDHPs, Slip for Traditional Coverage

  3. Infographic: The Building Blocks of Healthcare Exchanges

  4. Report Finds Schools Prohibiting Junk Foods, Getting Students to Be More Active

  5. New Chart: Top 5 Technologies Used in Telehealth

  6. Physician Confidence Not Always Aligned with Accuracy in Diagnosis

  7. SAMHSA: On Average Day, Over 800,000 Teens Aged 12-17 Smoked Cigarettes

  8. One-Minute Health Metrics Video: Telehealth Powers Population Health Management

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