Healthcare transparency, done right and deemed newsworthy

In 2014 the Healthcare Financial Management Association offered tips and recommendations to help healthcare providers become more transparent to healthcare consumers with price and quality data, including info related to imaging services.

On June 12 the Statesman Journal newspaper based in Salem, Oregon, ran coverage detailing how the Beaver State was an early adopter then and is something of a model of transparency now.

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Dave Pearson

Dave P. has worked in journalism, marketing and public relations for more than 30 years, frequently concentrating on hospitals, healthcare technology and Catholic communications. He has also specialized in fundraising communications, ghostwriting for CEOs of local, national and global charities, nonprofits and foundations.

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