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End-of-Life Choices

Trends in end-of-life care show that not only does the care given vary widely from region to region and hospital to hospital, but also patients often don't get the care they prefer. What can be done?

Care Management Puzzle

Chronic diseases and the cost of care are rising. Are disease management programs improving outcomes for patients with complex, chronic conditions?

No Middleman

Under the "direct primary care" model, patients pay a monthly fee for basic medical services. Learn about the history and current landscape of physician practices offering this arrangement.

Privacy

Tuesday, August 07, 2012

Stanford Notifying Patients of Possible Health Data Breach

On Friday, Stanford School of Medicine officials said they are alerting 2,500 patients about the recent theft of a password-protected computer that might have contained patient names, health records and some Social Security numbers. University officials said tracking software installed on the computer does not indicate that the patient information has been accessed.



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