Day: August 4, 2014

Patient-reported data can enhance comparative effectiveness research and provide better outcomes for patients if the data are aggregated and available to researchers, according to investigators at Duke University and Duke Clinical Research Institute. In a paper published in Health Affairs,…

Congress passed the Veterans Access to Care Act of 2014, which includes the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights as a provision, on Aug. 1. The private contracting provision of the Act, which applies to physicians, hospitals and other…