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430K veterans press the Blue Button to retrieve health info

More than 430,000 veterans have used the Blue Button of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to download their personal health claims data, according to Todd Park, chief technology officer of the

CMS proposes release of claims data to help profile providers

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed releasing extracts of Medicare claims data that will be used to profile healthcare providers so that consumers and employers can make

Plan for federal database of health insurance claims slammed

Is Big Brother rearing his ugly head again? Some privacy advocates think so. They're upset with the federal Office of Personnel Management, which is charged by the Patient Protection and Affordable

Using malpractice claims data to dodge mistakes

Physicians who study malpractice claims data can keep history from repeating itself. Or at least that's the theory behind a growing number of programs that use malpractice-claims data for educational

Beth Israel Deaconess: Sending claims data to Google 'a mistake'

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has decided to take a big step back from its current method for populating its Google Health PHR with data, getting a black eye when some of the data was proved

Medicare launching PHR pilot in AZ, UT

Following up on an existing pilot in South Carolina, Medicare has launched a personal health record pilot in Arizona and Utah giving beneficiaries access to a no-cost or subscription-based PHR.