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Kevin Roche

The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

Apr 18 2014

According to a study in the British Medical Journal, as many as 12 million adults could be misdiagnosed during a medical visit, or about 5%.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140416/NEWS/304169948/misdiagnosis-could-affect-12m-u-s-adults-annually-study-finds&utm_source=AltURL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mpdaily?AllowView=VXQ0UnpwZTVEdldZL1IzSkUvSHRlRU90amtvZEErSlY=
Apr 18 2014

Catamaran, a large PBM, has issued its version of drug trend reporting, showing a per member per month trend of 2.4% in 2013 versus 2.6% in 2012.  Upward pressure is almost all from brand drug unit price increases and greater use and cost of specialty drugs, offset by continued generic expansion.  Catamaran is anticipating that trend could be as high as 5% in 2014, 6% in 2015 and 7.7% in 2016, driven by rising specialty use.

http://www.catamaranrx.com/uploadedFiles/Documents/Trend_Report/2014-Informed-Trends.pdf
Apr 18 2014

Healthways has released the annual Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, measuring health and quality of wellness in the United States.

http://info.healthways.com/wbi2013?hsCtaTracking=9c9c8f32-9155-409b-9d68-52a652938083%7Cdb3919ad-293c-4f04-8e02-6156b65b3122&utm_campaign=Well-Being%20Index%202013&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9XQT0I0O4nkLiziYwOg_AcrLkDtE-630MU-14jvS_kSMdjGQOX_Zr2ivRyPSu_-MakCu2AKjLSDtBDv4XHawiO7WYGaQ&utm_content=12499750&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=12499750
Apr 18 2014

Nuvance, a provider of radiology solutions, has acquired Accelerad, which provides cloud-based imaging exchange services.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140417/NEWS/304179947?AllowView=VDl3UXk1TzlDL09CbkJiYkY0M3hlMGVvaUVVZER1RT0=&utm_source=link-20140417-NEWS-304179947&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=top
Apr 17 2014

Orange Health Solutions has acquired MZI Healthcare, which makes revenue cycle and other software for hospitals and other providers.

http://jacksonville.com/business/2014-04-16/story/jacksonville-based-orange-health-solutions-acquires-software-firm-mzi
Apr 17 2014

British firm Zesty has received a $2 million investment to help roll out its online health care appointment booking app in the United Kingdom.

http://www.geektime.com/2014/04/13/u-k-healthcare-startup-zesty-gets-2m-to-strengthen-its-online-booking-service/
Apr 17 2014

drchrono has received a $2.9 million investment to continue development of its iPad/iPhone EHR app.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/drchrono-receives-investment-from-box-204672401.html
Apr 17 2014

One Medical has raised an additional $40 million to support its business of providing primary care services.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/04/one-medical-raises-a-healthy-40-mln-in-growth-funding/
Apr 17 2014

Symphony Technology Group, a health care focused private equity firm, is acquiring MDdatacor, a vendor of data collection and analytics products, and intends to combine it with other assets to form the Symphony Health Solutions business.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/04/symphony-technology-group-acquires-mddatacor/
Apr 17 2014

A study conducted in Canada and published in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds that as many as 31% of all written prescriptions are never filled, with cost, type of drug, age of the patient and regularity of visits to the same physician appearing to be associated with the rate of abandonment.

http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1852865&utm_source=H2RMinutes+PCMH-ACO+Apr.+15%2C+2014&utm_campaign=PCMH-ACO+mins+4%2F15%2F14&utm_medium=email
Apr 16 2014

A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that meeting meaningful use requirements in regard to seven performance measures for chronic disease care is only slightly associated with improvement on two performance measures, with worse performance on two and no difference in performance on three.

https://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1860495
Apr 16 2014

eCaring has raised $3.5 million for its product to use remote monitoring to help keep seniors in their homes rather than being institutionalized.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/04/ecaring-raises-3-5-million-for-monitoring-program-to-support-aging-in-place/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=d1fd0d6cea-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-d1fd0d6cea-67648197
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