Kevin Roche – Page 617 – Healthy Skeptic

Jan 09 2013

screening

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Medicare is spending over $1 billion for breast cancer screening, with substantial geographic variation and little evidence of better health outcomes.

Jan 09 2013

tr study

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Most doctors simply copy and paste information from an existing electronic medical record to a new entry, creating opportunities for errors.

Jan 08 2013

2011 United States Health Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

An article in Health Affairs summarizes the latest from the Office of the Actuary on national health spending in 2011, demonstrating that while spending growth remained relatively quiescent, it appears…

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Jan 08 2013

2011 health spending

By Kevin Roche Research No Comments

The Office of the Actuary at CMS has published 2011 health spending data.

Jan 08 2013

vc

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Midwest health care companies received about $1 billion in financings in 2012, up 23% from the prior year, according to BioEnterprise.

Jan 08 2013

pport

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Passport Health Communications, which helps hospitals with their payment cycle, has acquired Data Systems Group, which adds geographic reach and market size to the company.

Jan 08 2013

walg

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Walgreens has received accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care for its workplace clinics to be recognized as patient-centered medical homes, a important milestone in the use of these generally low cost facilities for a broader array of medical services.

Jan 08 2013

WK

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Wolters Kluwer, a large health information and publisher company, has completed the acquisition of Health Language, a vendor of medical terminology services.

Jan 08 2013

athena

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athenahealth, a provider-oriented software and services company, has agreed to acquire Epocrates, a point-of-care application vendor for physicians, for around $300 million.

Jan 07 2013

Telemed summs

By Kevin Roche Research No Comments

The Federation of State Medical Boards has produced a series of summaries of regulations on telemedicine and telehealth.

Jan 07 2013

drug side

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Researchers have identified a new method of predicting whether a drug is likely to cause side effects by using its chemical structure and the structure of its receptors.

Jan 07 2013

md webs

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Many websites running review of physicians are only relying on an average of only about 2.4 patients per physician, far too small to be an adequate sample for the reviews to be trusted by readers.

Jan 07 2013

treatment cost

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New research suggests that consumers believe there is a link between the likelihood of getting a disease and the cost of its treatment; the higher the treatment cost, the less likely people are to think they will catch the disease.

Jan 07 2013

pros can

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A comprehensive review of prostate cancer treatment options generally finds that surgery is the least expensive and most efficacious option.

Jan 07 2013

prem inc

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Wellmark, the Iowa Blues plan, is proposing double digit price increases, raising consumer ire. Another example of how the reform law has not reduced premiums, as claimed.