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How are the trends of "health technology assessment" and "information therapy" as discussed in the course text on page 446 driving changes in HCIS? Provide, discuss, and analyze two specific examples

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Health technology assessments relies on research and findings of outside sources to provide information about costs, effectiveness and impacts of various treatments and tests used in health care. While this information can be provided to patients, to help make decisions about their health care, it is also used by insurance companies to decide whether a specified ...

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