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A group of nine healthcare companies and providers are aiming to turn the tables on often disorganized medical record-keeping â” by standardizing information about doctors themselves. The effort, known as dCard, is aimed at bringing a certain degree of order to the mishmash of information that dozens of online physician directory and rating services currently deal with. Most of these sites grab as much basic information about doctors as they can from publicly available sources â” typically consisting, at a minimum, of the doctorâs specialty, contact information, and medical education â” then rely on doctors themselves to flesh it out, correct any errors and provide updates, which is pretty clearly untenable for any but those most committed to keeping their online âpersonasâ up-to-date. The solution offered by these nine organizations is to standardize a sort of âdoctor dossierâ via dCard â” which, straightforwardly enough, stands for âdata card. Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. read more
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