Onpoint Health Data is proud to play a supporting role for our clients. We do what we do best, so you have the tools to do what you do best — whether it be making policy, informing resource allocation, or understanding trends in service use and quality. And while we don't seek the spotlight, we sometimes get a nod in the news for our work. Such mentions include:
Editorial: Mining Health Data To Cut Down Costs
Minnesotans may not realize it, but as of July 1 they became part of a pioneering statewide health care project that could show the nation how to harness information technology to bring skyrocketing medical costs under control...
Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota (free)
July 10, 2009
Battle Over Health Data
An organization that advocates "patient and physician freedom" is decrying a new Minnesota law that directs state health plans to transfer "de-identified" patient medical records to a data warehouse in Maine. This allows the Minnesota Department of Health to conduct ongoing analysis on the data, in an effort to help Minnesotans get better value from the health care system. The new state law, which goes into effect Wednesday, is designed so that there will be no way to identify individual patients from the warehoused information...
June 29, 2009
St. Paul Legal Ledger, St. Paul, Minnesota (free)
