Insights
April 8, 2024
This is overdue, but… Day 2 of the PMSA Global Summit continued to offer insight into the pharmaceutical industry's challenges and opportunities that I still think about.
March 18, 2024
The PMSA Global Summit was full of insights, informed expert leaders from Merck, Lilly, AstraZeneca, Novartis, GE Healthcare, Boringer Inglelheim, and their partners.
May 22, 2023
The business objective is to increase timely and meaningful engagement with physicians regarding the 4th line of therapy/treatment option, Qinlock, indicated for the rare conditions of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST).
March 7, 2024
Pharmaceutical executives are navigating through an increasingly complex regulatory landscape due to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
February 29, 2024
Rare diseases are often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, leaving patients in a limbo of unexplained symptoms and ineffective treatments.
April 26, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC (PRWEB) Today CareSet Labs released the DocGraph Hop Teaming Dataset at Datapalooza.
April 26, 2018
Because of improvements in the algorithm used to calculate the graph as well as improvements in the underlying
August 16, 2016
This analysis identifies general trends and top performers within each segment of Medicare Part A (hospital care) to provide a better...
Reflecting on Day 2 of the PMSA Global Summit
April 8, 2024
This is overdue, but… Day 2 of the PMSA Global Summit continued to offer insight into the pharmaceutical industry's challenges and opportunities that I still think about.
Read moreUnveiling Global Trends in Pharmaceutical Data Science: Insights from the PMSA Global Summit
March 18, 2024
The PMSA Global Summit was full of insights, informed expert leaders from Merck, Lilly, AstraZeneca, Novartis, GE Healthcare, Boringer Inglelheim, and their partners.
Read morePUTTING PATIENTS FIRST: Unlocking Medicare Data to Empower HCP. Case Study of Oncology Treatment Manufacturer with Late-Stage Line of Therapy (LoT)
May 22, 2023
The business objective is to increase timely and meaningful engagement with physicians regarding the 4th line of therapy/treatment option, Qinlock, indicated for the rare conditions of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST).
Read moreCareSet Advantage: Pharmaceutical Industry Regulatory Overhaul
March 7, 2024
Pharmaceutical executives are navigating through an increasingly complex regulatory landscape due to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Read moreNavigating the Maze of Rare Disease Diagnosis: Leveraging Data for Clarity
February 29, 2024
Rare diseases are often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, leaving patients in a limbo of unexplained symptoms and ineffective treatments.
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DocGraph Hop Teaming Dataset Released at Datapalooza
April 26, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC (PRWEB) Today CareSet Labs released the DocGraph Hop Teaming Dataset at Datapalooza.
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DocGraph Hop Teaming is a dataset that shows how healthcare providers in the United States work together.
April 26, 2018
Because of improvements in the algorithm used to calculate the graph as well as improvements in the underlying
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Medicare Part A Decoded
August 16, 2016
This analysis identifies general trends and top performers within each segment of Medicare Part A (hospital care) to provide a better...
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The Combination is The Crowbar
October 24, 2016
Did it matter how many numbers were on this safe’s combination lock?...
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U.S. Government Opens Data with New Law
January 15, 2019
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! POTUS has signed the “Foundations for Evidence-Based...
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Clinician Attendees can earn CME at CES
January 10, 2019
Today while attending CES to talk about AI in healthcare, I learned that CES is the first..
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Calling out the FOIA metadata problem
November 21, 2018
The Freedom of Information Act has allowed the public to free copious amounts of health data from the U.S. government in...
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CareSet, SXSW, Health Equity, and Open Data
March 15, 2019
SXSW was the best of times; it was the best of times. I can’t wrap my head around this past weekend. It was filled ...
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CareSet leaves Facebook Because of Patient Privacy Concerns
February 21, 2019
Now that the FTC complaint from our CTO, Fred Trotter (as well as Andrea Downing and David Harlow) has been..
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Data Classes with CareSet
January 28, 2019
Update: Last year we offered classes at PMSA and Datapalooza. We had such great feedback…
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CareSet reflects, recharges during mid-year review
July 1, 2019
Last week at CareSet we had our annual mid-year review. I was not in attendance last year, nor were a lot of current employees. ...
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Commercial Operations
CareSet Stands Tall at PMSA Annual Conference
May 23, 2019
2019 was CareSet’s third attendance at the annual meeting held in San Diego. At our fist PMSA, we were two people with ...
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CareSet Attends 10th Annual Health Datapalooza
April 1, 2019
This past week, CareSet attended the 10th Annual Health Datapalooza, brought to you by Academy Health...
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Market Access
Which Medicare Physician is the Best Doctor to Educate About Your Medication or Medical Device?
May 22, 2020
While pharma marketers continue to navigate their brand through COVID-19, non-personal promotion appears to..
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Participating in the COVID-19 vaccine trial part two
October 23, 2020
Working with life science organizations who create vaccines that help patients, I thought it was apt to immerse myself in the...
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For science, for the world – participating in the COVID-19 vaccine trial
October 13, 2020
It’s one thing to participate in a scientific study. But to participate in a vaccine trial for a virus in the middle of a..
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COVID-19, Data and Nursing Homes
July 28, 2020
In my last post, I briefly touched on COVID-19 and older adults. In this post, I will take a short, basic...
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Finally Unblinded from the COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
February 19, 2021
September 2020, I made the decision to participate in one of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trials. There is still vaccine hesitancy....
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Participating in the COVID-19 vaccine trial part 3
November 23, 2020
I thought it was pertinent I take the chance and sign up for the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trial. This summer I began...
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I got the COVID-19 vaccine and this is what happened
March 3, 2021
I am a Mexicana, and I participated in one of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trials! Unfortunately, I was a placebo arm. Now, I’m fully..
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Market Access
Pre-clinical Strategy
Unblocking Part D, MarketView
October 19, 2021
In specialty pharmacies, some medications may have partially blocked data. Manufacturers, payers, and specialty pharmacies...
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Updated DocGraph HOP Teaming PUF Released During Health Datapalooza 2022
April 3, 2022
ARLINGTON – CareSet released the updated DocGraph HOP Teaming Dataset during the 2022 Health Datapalooza..
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Regulatory Foreshadowing From JPM Healthcare 2022
February 15, 2022
The 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, January 10-13, brought strategic insights. This year...
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Regulatory / Policy
HCPCS Code Change Transforms Landscape of Preventative Care
December 6, 2021
Until now, healthcare providers spent up to 40% of their time on administrative tasks, largely due to the complexity ...
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Market Access
Pre-clinical Strategy
Finding, Treating, and Curing Rare Diseases
November 29, 2021
A patient presents with symptoms including numbness, tremors, and occasional weakness, among others..
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Transparency in Specialty Pharmacy Supply Chains
November 9, 2021
Navigating the world of Specialty Pharmacy is complex and riddled with information asymmetry. But, it just got a lot easier...
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Regulatory / Policy
NCPDP PTI Roundtable for VBA
August 31, 2021
On 8/30/21, I had the honor of co-chairing the first roundtable from NCPDP's (National Council for Prescription Drug Programs) PharmTechnology..
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Market Access
CareSet’s Part D Targeting Data Offers Complete Market Transparency
September 20, 2021
New Medicare Part D Targeting subscription datasets offer census level accuracy.New Part D Targeting subscription..
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Regulatory / Policy
Do doctors force their patients to use fax? A CareSet Journal FOIA Whitepaper
August 18, 2021
Do patients benefit from the money that the U.S. Government has spent on the interoperability of clinical systems..
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Updated HOP Teaming Dataset Released During PMSA 2021
June 18, 2021
The HOP Teaming Dataset from CareSet offers the most detailed and up-to-date picture of the patient..
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Commercial Operations
Market Access
Pre-clinical Strategy
CareSet gets accelerated access to Medicare data to perform COVID data analysis
June 11, 2021
CareSet is proud to announce that we are now the FIRST (that we know of) company with access to fee-for-service..
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Transparency victories regarding facility-level COVID data
May 21, 2021
HHS has recently released data about vaccinated personnel at different hospitals. They have also released a new..
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NPI to contact domain data release
April 20, 2021
CareSet Journal is releasing data that links NPI records to the contact domains submitted by providers in their NPI..
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CareSet at SXSW 2021
March 23, 2021
At SXSW 2021, presented by Energizing Health. CareSet's Ashish Patel moderates a panel featuring ..
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Regulatory / Policy
New Administration, New COVID-19 Federal Datasets
February 11, 2021
Tune in for a Health Datapalooza Webinar featuring Health and Human Services data leader..
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Regulatory / Policy
HHS Publishes COVID-19 Hospital Facility-Level Data, CareSet to Host Community FAQ
December 8, 2020
(PRWEB) Yesterday the Federal Government released new hospital COVID-19 capacity data at the hospitals-level...
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Regulatory / Policy
Never Before Seen COVID Data Report Released by HHS
December 18, 2020
(PRNewswire) HOUSTON - Today Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the “COVID Community Profile...
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Regulatory / Policy
CareSet Collects COVID Collaborators
December 8, 2020
Last night, HHS released COVID-19 capacity data at the hospital-level. Previously, this data had only been available on a state level...
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Regulatory / Policy
New Open Data Rules Webinar Recap
April 2, 2020
On March 9th, 2020, HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and..
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Regulatory / Policy
Hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19
March 26, 2020
People are talking about hydroxychloroquine and coronavirus. And others are looking to grab some for personal use. But what...
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What Does COVID-19 Look Like for Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous People?
June 25, 2020
Last month, Americans were protesting against the stay-at-home orders in the name of opening the economy as ...
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Commercial Operations
Market Access
Pre-clinical Strategy
Clinical Trial Recruitment
Regulatory / Policy
Game-changing HOP Teaming Dataset Released To Innovators
April 1, 2020
The HOP Teaming Dataset from CareSet offers the most detailed and up-to-date picture of the patient-sharing..
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Regulatory / Policy
CareSet Leads at Health Datapalooza/National Health Policy Conference
February 20, 2020
This year Academy Health co-located the National Health Policy Conference with Health Datapalooza. It was well..
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HHS fighting silos
September 19, 2018
HHS finally used the "s"-word (silos) talking about themselves....
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New NPPES features will improve interoperability efforts
July 18, 2018
As of July 10, the NPPES data file now contains substantially more data.NPPES is a core data file for us at CareSet....
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CURA Health Management Announces Strategic Partnership with CareSet Systems
March 7, 2018
CURA Health Management Announces Strategic Partnership with CareSet SystemsMedicare data sets provided by ...
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Commercial Operations
Market Access
CareSet at SXSW 2018 "Put Down the Scalpel: Non-Invasive Heart Solutions"
March 22, 2018
CareSet made a big splash at SXSW 2018, hosting Put Down the Scalpel: Non-Invasive Heart Solutions on March 10th at the Austin ...
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Commercial Operations
Market Access
AHA, Merck, Novartis, J&J & CareSet
February 24, 2018
Amongst the improved programming of SXSW healthcare, CareSet's SXSW panel is sandwiched between AHA and Merck...
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Understanding Medicare
Commercial Operations
Market Access
Regulatory / Policy
CareSet Cited in Scholarly Papers and News
February 7, 2018
CareSet and it’s co-founders have a history of advocacy and thought leadership around data security...
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Regulatory / Policy
CareSet Scholarly Citations
July 24, 2017
CareSet and it's co-founders can have a history of advocacy and thought leadership around data security...
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CareSet at SXSW 2017
March 10, 2017
The CareSet team is heading to Austin! Here's where we'll be at SXSW 2017 Interactive. We invite everyone..
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Design a Medicare Data Power Tool
November 2, 2016
As the first Medicare data vendor, the ultimate source of CareSet’s Medicare claims data is the CMS Virtual...
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DocGraph Releases First Cancer Dataset at Digital Pharma East
October 24, 2016
PHILADELPHIA, PA (PRWEB) - DocGraph today released the first in a series of Cancer Moonshot datasets during...
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Market Access
Pre-clinical Strategy
CareSet Systems Announces New Data Science Products to Aid Drug Launches
October 19, 2016
HOUSTON, TX (PRWEB) - CareSet Systems today introduced four new dynamic data science products to...
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Understanding Medicare
How can Medicare's big data improve healthcare for older adults?
October 19, 2016
Medicare data is being used to produce better healthcare for older adults, and at the Louisville Innovation Summit CareSet...
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CareSet CEO Laura Shapland Joins Thought Leaders Bryan Sivak, Esther Dyson, Alexandra Drane, and Mark Ganz at the 2016 Louisville Innovation Summit
October 12, 2016
LOUISVILLE, KY (PRWEB) OCTOBER 12, 2016 - CareSet Systems CEO Laura Shapland addressed making healthcare...
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Google Cloud comes through
August 26, 2016
Recently, we had some trouble with the cloud services from Google one of our primary cloud vendors. In response, I wrote...
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DocGraph joins Claudia Williams, Niall Brennan and Jess Kahn in DC to Promote Transparency and Fairness in the Healthcare System
September 28, 2016
WASHINGTON, September 28, 2016 (PR Web) - Health data scientist Fred Trotter presented today at the White House...
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Market Access
The First Medicare Data Vendor, the Nintendo Wii of healthcare data
August 30, 2016
CareSet Systems is the first Medicare Data Vendor. Soon, we will release our first analysis from Medicaid...
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Perspective: From a Data Parasite
February 27, 2015
I guess I qualify as a research parasite, according to the recent editorialpublished in the New England..
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Regulatory / Policy
Houston Health IT Startups Part of Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative
June 29, 2016
Houston—Two Houston health IT startups are among the private companies enlisted by U.S. Vice President..
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Regulatory / Policy
CareSet sister company DocGraph to release the most accurate data picture to date of how cancer is treated by Medicare
June 29, 2016
WASHINGTON -- Health data scientist Fred Trotter joined Vice President Joe Biden and other national ...
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Healthcare IT reading list
May 24, 2014
My Programmable Self Behavior Change Reading list has been one of my most popular posts...
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Hacking Healthcare
May 14, 2013
There are two definitions of the word “Hacker”. One is an original and authentic term that the geekdom uses with respect...
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Regulatory / Policy
Who Owns Patient Data?
August 20, 2012
Who owns a patient’s health information?·The patient to whom it refers?·The health provider that created it?...
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The rise of programmable self
January 11, 2012
Programmable self is a riff on the Quantified Self (QS). It is a simple concept:Quantify what you want to..
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AI will eventually drive healthcare, but not anytime soon
January 25, 2012
TechCrunch recently published a guest post from Vinod Khosla with the headline “Do We Need Doctors or Algorithms?“. Khosla...
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Are EHRs Safe?
January 9, 2012
Are electronic health records (EHR) safe?No.EHRs are not safe. They are fundamentally and irreparably dangerous...
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Software crumple zones
August 11, 2012
Have you had an auto mechanic look at your wrecked car and sigh, “they just don’t make them..
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Epatients: The hackers of the healthcare world
January 5, 2012
I help build open source software tools that patients can use to have greater control and influence over their...
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DocGraph: Open social doctor data
November 19, 2012
At Strata RX in October I announced the availability of DocGraph. This is the first project of NotOnly Development, which is..
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Tracking the Social Doctor: Opening Up Physician Referral Data (And Much More)
November 5, 2012
I am happy to announce the release of the doctor “referral” social graph. This dataset, which I obtained using...
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Programmable Self Reading List
May 26, 2011
I am preparing for my talk at Quantified Self about my work on Programmable Self. I was asked to make a “reading list” for the...
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Sharks, Bees, and Health Privacy Paranoia
July 5, 2007
You probably do not need health care privacy. Or at least, no more than you already have.There are stringent
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Regulatory / Policy
Open Letter to the tiger team
June 10, 2010
This is an open letter to the tiger team from HIT Policy Committee as well as the committee generally...
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The Burden of Trust
May 24, 2010
I am a vocal participant on the NHIN Direct Security and Trust working group. Its a perfect place for me...
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Technology vs Policy for privacy
March 30, 2010
I have long been an advocate of reasonable and measured reaction to “privacy scare tactics”. I have argued, for instance...
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Security in Medical Devices, implications
August 9, 2008
There are more and more examples of how standard hacking techniques apply in healthcare, with...
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In all Fairness
May 23, 2008
Its time to set the record straight on what are valid criticisms of HealthVault and Google Health and what are not...
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On Being Threatened
November 10, 2008
Express Scripts, one of the nations largest pharmacy benefit management companies, is being blackmailed...
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Privacy, a Complex Problem Underestimated.
October 24, 2007
I have passed my CISSP certification, marking me as an Information Security Expert. I had to pass a complex..
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Google Flu Trends and Privacy
November 25, 2008
Google.org, which is the philanthropic arm of Google, has released Google Flu Trends to great fanfare and criticism...
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Wikipedia weak on drug information
December 4, 2008
Reuters is covering the news that Wikipedia is missing critical information about medicines that it covers. Specifically...
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