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In a reversal, hospitals in Massachusetts plan to start collecting data on patient ethnicity, education and other metrics. Officials hope that collecting this data will reduce inequalities and improve the care given to minorities. Article

Last week a study from Wennberg's Dartmouth group found that there were vast variations in the amount of "physician resources" used to produce similar care outcomes in intensive care settings. This week a RAND study followed up on data released in their much-quoted 2003 study which showed that patients receive the correct care from their providers only a little over 50 percent of the …