Healthcare Data Digest, April 29, 2011 Healthcare Data Digest
April 29, 2011 Volume 1 Issue 17


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. Elderly Experience Reduced Cognition Levels After Hospitalization

  2. Reminders in EMRs Decrease Unnecessary Blood Transfusions

  3. Medically Vulnerable At No Higher Risk for Care Access in High Deductible Health Plans

  4. New Chart: Penalties for HRA Refusals

  5. Parents Trust Doctors Most for Vaccine Safety Information

  6. Obese with High BP, Diabetes At-Risk for Complications After Surgery

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