Morning Headlines 6/7/16
Dr Farzad Mostashari Explains the New ACO Benchmarking Rule
Former national coordinator Farzad Mostashari, MD comments on newly published ACO benchmarking rule.
Biden unveils launch of major, open-access database to advance cancer research
Vice President Biden announces formation of the Genomic Data Commons, an open-access cancer database that will help researchers collaborate and share information, as part of the administration’s Cancer Moonshot.
Forbes’ 2016 List Of America’s Richest Self-Made Women
Judy Faulkner comes in third on Forbes’ list of America’s richest self-made women, with a net worth of $2.4 billion.
Geisinger researchers profile overdose patients and predictors of death
Researchers at Geisinger Health System analyze EHR data of 2,000 patients admitted to the hospital for drug overdoses to create a risk algorithm capable of predicting which patients are most likely to die and experience other serious complications from their drug abuse.
It seems that every innovation in the past 50 years has claimed that it would save money and lives. There…