Survey: Consumers Increasingly Aware of Health Data Online
From the summary:

Seven out of 10 people would seek health information about the price and quality of nonemergency medical care, according to a survey by the Regence Group, the Portland Business Journal reports.

The Regence Group is comprised of health insurers in four Northwest states. The report is based on an online survey of about 2,000 people in four states.

More than a dozen states — including New York, Colorado and Florida — also have created hospital report cards online to inform consumers about standard prices and other hospital data, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Colorado has released the latest online report card of its state hospitals, which received almost 20,000 users on its first day.

In March, California released its first hospital report card on about two-thirds of its 350 hospitals. California insurers paid for the collection and auditing of the data, and the California HealthCare Foundation developed and maintains the site.

Source: iHealthBeat

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