Healthcare IT Activist Releases 30 Million Edge Prescription Dataset

The Open Source Health IT movement got boost last week when healthcare data journalist and author, Fred Trotter, released a ~30 million edge dataset on prescription patterns from the Medicare prescription drug benefit (Medicare Part D). The release, which was announced at the Strata Rx conference, follows a previous release made last year – a 50 million row dataset that detailed how physicians worked together within hospital systems, labs, and radiology centers. Read more…