Kevin Roche – Page 869 – Healthy Skeptic

Oct 25 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Data from 1,600 hospitals from 1997 through 2007 shows that medical malpractice claims are declining slightly and the average amount per claim has stabilized

Oct 25 2010

KaiserHealthNews

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Quite a few Democrats and almost every Republican are running against ObamaCare in this fall’s elections. What if they win?

Oct 25 2010

Fiscal Times

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The medical costs of obesity are twice as high as previously reported, according to the first study to estimate the causal effects of obesity on U.S. medical costs.

Oct 25 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Many physician specialties are in store for reduced reimbursements in the years ahead, as we transition to a payment system that is less and less reliant on fee-for-service and more focused on patient outcomes.

Oct 25 2010

Pew Research Center

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Pew Research Center: The Pew Internet Project’s latest survey of American adults, conducted in association with the California HealthCare Foundation, finds that 85% use a cell phone.

Oct 25 2010

New York Times

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The success of President Obama’s health care overhaul, with its promise of affordable coverage for all, depends on the creation of such retail shopping malls, known as health insurance exchanges.

Oct 25 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The average, per capita cost of providing healthcare services in the United States rose by 7.32% for the past 12 months ending in August, a rate of inflation wildly above the 1.1% overall inflation for the same period

Oct 25 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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A 10-hospital collaborative to reduce handoff failures, the root cause of four in five adverse events, successfully cut by 52% the number of faulty handoffs by identifying reasons why communication fails

Oct 25 2010

nextgov.com

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People who use mobile phones to look up medical information or to run applications for managing their health tend to be younger, browner, city dwellers.

Oct 25 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Physician groups provided mixed reaction to an investigative report that more than 17,000 doctors and other healthcare professionals accepted nearly $258 million from seven major drug companies in 2009 and 2010.

Oct 25 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Another half-dozen IPOs are due to hit the U.S. market this week in what could become the most active month for new stocks in nearly three years

Oct 25 2010

nhrp.org

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Without more trips to the gym or a serious shedding of those extra pounds, up to one-third of American adults are on the way to becoming diabetic by 2050.

Oct 25 2010

ICD-10 Is Coming

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Two papers discuss some of the costs and issues surrounding the impending implementation of the ICD-10 classification and coding system. When there are so many other health information system projects…

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Oct 23 2010

2010 Potpourri XXXIX

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The leaves disappear from the trees but our Potpourri is eternal, this week entertaining you on projected drug spending next year, prescription abandonment rates, avoiding hospitalizations for home care patients,…

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Oct 22 2010

Winnepeg Free Press

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Biosign Technologies Inc., a medical device provider, says it has completed a $4.3 million acquisition of the assets of Healthanywhere