MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'dartmouth college'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:00:03 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3641024&cid=t_163195_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-dartmouth-atlas-debate-careful-consideration-needed%2F2010.06.07 The worst-kept secret in journalism circles recently was that the New York Times was planning an article critical of the Dartmouth Atlas. Among the main points in the article: • “The mistaken belief that the Dartmouth research proves that cheaper care is better care is widespread.” • “The atlas’s hospital rankings do not take into account care that prolongs or improves lives.” • “Even Dartmouth’s claims about which hospitals and regions are cheapest may be suspect.” • “Failing to make basic data adjustments undermines the geographic variations the atlas purports to show.” The Times has also published the correspondence it had with the Dartmouth team about methodology questions. The Dartmouth team challenges each of these c... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3641024 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:00:46 +0100 3641024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3635742&cid=t_163195_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-dartmouth-atlas-debate-consider-criticism-and-comments-carefully%2F2010.06.07 The worst-kept secret in journalism circles recently was that the New York Times was planning an article critical of the Dartmouth Atlas. Among the main points in the article: • “The mistaken belief that the Dartmouth research proves that cheaper care is better care is widespread.” • “The atlas’s hospital rankings do not take into account care that prolongs or improves lives.” • “Even Dartmouth’s claims about which hospitals and regions are cheapest may be suspect.” • “Failing to make basic data adjustments undermines the geographic variations the atlas purports to show.” The Times has also published the correspondence it had with the Dartmouth team about methodology questions. The Dartmouth team challenges each of these c... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3635742 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:00:46 +0100 3635742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3625634&cid=t_163195_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fnational-privacy-center-backed-trusted-entities Amidst all the millions of federal dollars slated for health IT adoption, HHS understands the importance of protecting patient information in electronic form. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3625634 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:59:26 +0100 3625634 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1341313&cid=t_163195_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F262128108%2F (Please remember you can subscribe, at the top of this page, to receive this complimentary bi-monthly newsletter by email).  We are proud to announce that we now belong to the exclusive Scientific American Partner Network. Scientific American Mind spoke highly of our website last year, so it was only natural (but made us very pleased) that we were invited to join their new blogger network. We remain an independent company, so there will be few obvious changes - mainly some more links between their website and ours and new banner ads administered by Scientific American's great team.  News Brain Fitness Software Report: Reviews:  our just released Market Report is earning a growing number of accolades as a must-read publication for executives and investors interested in emerging brain... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1341313 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:47:21 +0100 1341313