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Editorial, product, and transparency updates.

Founder notes, release notes, and long-form writing on healthcare transparency and patient safety — every claim traced to a public, verified source.

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Welcome to Phoenix Health Compass

A verified public-data compass for safer healthcare decisions.

Jun 23, 20263 min readPhoenix Health Compass Editorial
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Editorial, release notes, and founder writing.

Founder Notes

Building a Safer Way to Navigate Healthcare

A founder note on why Phoenix Health Compass exists.

From an idea to a Closed Beta platform — the story behind Phoenix Health Compass and where we are going.

Jul 2, 20264 min readPhoenix Health Compass Editorial
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Learn Center Updates

How the Learn Center Supports Patient Education

Plain-language articles grouped by care domain.

The Learn Center is a growing library of plain-language articles derived from approved federal patient-education sources.

Jul 1, 20263 min readPhoenix Health Compass Editorial
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Phoenix Guide Updates

What the Phoenix Guide Is — and Is Not

An educational assistant, not a clinician.

The Phoenix Guide answers patient-education questions from a verified corpus with strict citations. It does not diagnose.

Jun 30, 20264 min readPhoenix Health Compass Editorial
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Patient Safety

Why Citation Transparency Matters

If a claim is not cited, it should not be trusted.

Every factual healthcare claim on Phoenix Health Compass links to its original public source.

Jun 29, 20263 min readPhoenix Health Compass Editorial
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Hospital Quality

Understanding Hospital Quality Data

How CMS Care Compare metrics show up on Phoenix Health Compass.

Hospital quality scores are complex. Here is how we present them and what they measure.

Jun 28, 20264 min readPhoenix Health Compass Editorial
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Healthcare Navigation

Understanding Provider Search

What the results mean — and what they do not.

Provider search shows verified identity, taxonomy, and disciplinary history. Here is how to read a result.

Jun 27, 20263 min readPhoenix Health Compass Editorial
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Healthcare Transparency

How Phoenix Health Compass Uses Public Sources

Every fact traces back to a public, government-verified source.

A tour of the federal and state datasets that power the Phoenix Health Compass search portal.

Jun 26, 20264 min readPhoenix Health Compass Editorial
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Closed Beta Updates

What Closed Beta Means for Phoenix Health Compass

A deliberate rollout so early users can shape the product.

Closed Beta lets us onboard early users carefully while we validate every data feed and workflow.

Jun 25, 20263 min readPhoenix Health Compass Editorial
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Healthcare Transparency

Why Verified Public Healthcare Data Matters

Public data is only useful when it is accurate, complete, and cited.

Verification is the difference between transparency and noise. Here is how Phoenix Health Compass keeps public healthcare data honest.

Jun 24, 20264 min readPhoenix Health Compass Editorial
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Release Notes

Release Notes — Version 1.0

Closed Beta launch build.

Version 1.0 marks the Closed Beta launch of Phoenix Health Compass with verified provider and hospital data, the Learn Center, Phoenix Guide, and Decision Center.

Jun 22, 20263 min readPhoenix Health Compass Engineering
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