Here are four notes:
1. The databases include data from professional claims physician referrals, hospital inpatient discharges, outpatient discharges and emergency departments.
2. Physician-identified CMS inpatient and outpatient discharge data, point of service detail, payer data and demographic are also available through the database.
3. These databases consolidate local and national data points to provide comprehensive information.
4. Databases include neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, cardiovascular surgery, thoracic surgery, oncology, urology and pediatrics.
“Strategic decisions by providers in many high profile segments involve large capital costs and significant risk,” said Bill Goodwin, Intellimed CEO. “Relying on just one or two data sources is inadequate for successful strategic decision making particularly in these critical growth segments.”
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