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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: RAND Corporation

RAND Corporation stories: 2 news summaries
OPINION

Obama's Digital Records Plan
No Panacea

President's $80B savings claim based on data-free study

Mar 12, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - When President Obama said last week switching the nation’s medical records to electronic data would save some $80 billion a year, Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband thought the same thing: How? It turns out the president’s claims are based on a 2005 RAND Corporation study, funded by interested... More »

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Barack Obama • health care reform • RAND Corporation • medical records • online medical records • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Docs Skimp on Kids' Health Care: Study

Pediatricians provide standard preventive care less than half time

Oct 11, 07 3:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - American children are not getting adequate preventive care during most visits to their pediatrician, a new study has found. Doctors skip basic screening tests, weight and measurement checks and some standard care for conditions such as asthma, according to the findings in the New England Journal of Medicine. Children in... More »

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asthma • pediatricians • New England Journal of Medicine. • Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute • University of Washington School of Medicine • RAND Corporation • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services • California HealthCare Foundation • urine cultures • diarrhea

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