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Article: Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans Unveil Blue Health Intelligence; Resource Will Enhance Knowledge Sharing
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- August 4, 2006
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CHICAGO, Aug. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Plans announced today the creation of Blue Health Intelligence (BHI),
a unique resource that will help to improve healthcare quality
through opportunities to share critical health information initially
with employers, and in the future, with consumers and providers. BHI
is the premier health intelligence resource in the nation and will
strengthen the movement to greater healthcare transparency by
ultimately providing unmatched detail about healthcare trends and
best practices.
The secure, HIPAA-compliant database is comprised of claims
information (with no personal identifiers) from 79 million lives --
significantly larger than ...