New service compares quality of care. (Dun & Bradstreet HealthCare Information and EDS' COMPETE service)

National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition, April, 1994 by Schwartz, Matthew P.

Dun & Bradstreet HealthCare Information and EDS have developed a new service, called COMPETE, that gives firms information that will help to manage the continuity of a company's healthcare programs. In addition, the service provides businesses with information to cut medical costs and to purchase health care that is value-priced. The service will most likely be used with a client-server network system.

A marketer of business information and a provider of information technology have pooled their resources to create a new service which company officials say will provide health insurers with comparisons on the treatment effectiveness and performance of providers.

The strategic alliance is yet another example of companies creating so-called "report cards" which...

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