Access to Physician Payment Data

From Deloitte's Health Care Reform Memo...Deloitte Center for Health Solutions; Aug. 12, 2013.
Medicare transparency: access to physician payment data advancing "Last Tuesday, CMS requested advice on disclosing physician-claims data as Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) advanced their legislation to create a searchable website on physician Medicare pay to help beneficiaries shop for doctors."

Out of the Jungle: Johns Hopkins To Close Its Medical Library

Out of the Jungle: Johns Hopkins To Close Its Medical Library

Marie S. Newman posted on the Out of the Jungle blog regarding the decision of Johns Hopkins to close their medical library. It appears that the librarians are already being embedded in departments, and staff is not being reduced. The fate of the physical building has not been decided.

Free Webinar on New Medline Plus Database

Title: The New Medline Plus: An In-Depth Look

Format: Webinar

Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Start Time: 2:00 pm, Central Time

This webinar will last approximately one hour. There is no charge for this webinar. Pre-registration is not required.

For more information and to participate in the October 27 webinar, go here.

Canada will launch a PubMed in October 2009

Patterned after the United States' PubMed, the first phase of PMC Canada will be launched during Open Access Week - October 19-23, 2009. It will include a manuscript submission system to enable CIHR researchers to deposit articles that are accepted for publication by peer-reviewed journals.

For further information, see http://www.cihr.ca/e/40259.html.