Kevin Roche

Oct 27 2014

Medscape Physician Survey

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A Medscape-sponsored survey of physicians explores their attitudes toward various payers and other matters.

Oct 24 2014

Workers Perceptions of the Health System

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An Employee Benefits Research Institute survey finds that workers generally have a poor view of the health system, but are more satisfied with their own health plan.

Oct 23 2014

Practice Fusion, a vendor of cloud-based EHRs, has captured an additional $2.5 million from investors.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/10/cloud-ehr-developer-practice-fusion-raises-2-5m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=b623312471-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-b623312471-67648197

Oct 23 2014

Health Spending for Hospital-owned Physician Groups

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Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association confirms that when hospitals own physician practices, outrageously higher total health spending per patients results, as much as 20%.

Oct 22 2014

Do Current Quality Measures Make a Difference?

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Research carried in the Journal of the American Medical Association examines whether current quality measures actually affect meaningful outcomes.

Oct 22 2014

TeamHealth, the health care staffing company, has acquired PhysAssist, which offers scribe services to physicians.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20141021/NEWS/310219943?AllowView=VDl3UXk1SzVDUFdCbkJiYkY0M3hla09yamtVZER1VT0=&utm_source=link-20141021-NEWS-310219943&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=top

Oct 21 2014

limelight

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A small amount of capital has been raised by Limelight Health for its technology to help insurance agents gather and present information on health insurance plans.

Oct 21 2014

A survey of 14,000 nurses conducted by Black Book Research finds that over 90% are extremely unhappy with their EHRs and over 60% think their IT department is incompetent.

http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/news-item/nurses-dissatisfied-ehrs-report-finds

Oct 21 2014

CareSync has yet another mobile app to let people collect and share health information and has received $4.5 in capital to support it.

https://www.pehub.com/2014/10/caresync-raises-4-5-mln/

Oct 21 2014

Concentration of Health Spending, Part II

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We continue our look at the AHRQ Statistical Briefs on health spending concentration with a focus on out-of-pocket spending and factors related to spending differentials.

Oct 20 2014

Data from CVS' Minute Clinics published in the American Journal of Managed Care finds that the quality of care at the clinics is as good or better than that at urgent care centers or ERs.

http://www.cvshealth.com/newsroom/press-releases/cvs-health-research-institute-data-shows-excellent-quality-care-minuteclinic

Oct 20 2014

Ability Network, which offers workflow technology for providers, has acquired MD On-line which makes EDI and revenue cycle tools for providers and payers.

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/ability-network-acquires-md-line

Oct 20 2014

MedAvail Technologies has raised $30 million for its drug dispensing kiosks that allow an interactive visit with a pharmacist.

https://www.pehub.com/2014/10/medavail-attracts-30-mln-series-c/

Oct 20 2014

New Briefs on Concentration of Health Spending

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The annual updates to the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality Statistical Briefs on concentration of health spending provide the usual tremendous insights.

Oct 17 2014