According to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that converting a hospital to for-profit status did not affect quality measures and financial margins improved.
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Enlitic, which is developing software to do "deep learning" of information on imaging scans, has received a shallow $2 million in capital.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/10/sf-startup-enlitic-funding-deep-learning-f/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=fe10a7e295-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-fe10a7e295-67648197The current issue of Health Affairs carries several articles on specialty drugs, which have become the priority area for cost-control efforts for most health plans.
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Optum, the non-health plan business of UnitedHealth Group, is purchasing Alere Health, the division on Alere that provides wellness programs for employers and health plan enrollees, for a massive $600 million. The acquisitions which led to Alere Health had been ill-timed for Alere and outside its core business and the company is fighting off a hostile takeover.
Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that less physician competition results in higher prices, exactly as traditional economics would predict.
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A Medscape-sponsored survey of physicians explores their attitudes toward various payers and other matters.
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