David Wennberg, MD, MPH, President and COO of Health Dialog Data Services Group, to be Published in Latest Journal of the American Medical Association.BOSTON -- Article on Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions to Appear in October 27th Issue Health Dialog Services Corporation today announced that a study with lead author Dr. David Wennberg, President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of the company's Data Services Group, has been published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal, published 48 times per year by the American Medical Association. JAMA is the most widely circulated medical journal in the world. . The study, Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and CABG CABG coronary artery bypass graft. CABG abbr. coronary artery bypass graft CABG Coronary artery bypass graft, see there Surgery, focuses on patient outcomes following percutaneous coronary interventions (such as balloon angioplasties and stents) at US hospitals with and without an onsite coronary artery bypass Coronary artery bypass Surgical procedure to reroute blood around a blocked coronary artery. Mentioned in: Heart Failure coronary artery bypass, n graph (CABG) surgery programs. Dr. Wennberg appears frequently in leading medical publications. Earlier this month, Health Affairs published an exclusive article on a study he co-authored entitled Variations in the Longitudinal Efficiency of Academic Medical Centers. The study explored Unwarranted Variation in healthcare across academic medical centers. Dr. Wennberg is a major contributor to the pioneering work addressing Unwarranted Variation in healthcare. This breakthrough research was a critical underpinning in the formation of Health Dialog Data Services, the analytics group within Health Dialog, and continues to be a core component of the company's offerings. Dr. Wennberg is an internist internist /in·tern·ist/ (in-ter´nist) a specialist in internal medicine. in·ter·nist n. A physician specializing in internal medicine. with specialty training in health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract and outcomes research. In addition to his work with Health Dialog, he leads a nationally recognized research team at the Maine Medical Center Maine Medical Center (MMC), located in Portland, Maine in the United States, is the largest hospital in northern New England. It is a 606-bed facility which also serves as a teaching hospital. in Portland, Maine, focusing on the drivers of utilization and quality in the delivery of healthcare services. About Health Dialog Health Dialog is a leading provider of Health Coaching and data analytic services that help health plans and self-insured employers improve healthcare quality for their members/employees while reducing healthcare costs. By providing personalized support through specially trained healthcare professionals, the firm helps individuals become more actively engaged in their healthcare and have more effective relationships with their physicians. For more information about Health Dialog, please visit www.healthdialog.com. |
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