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Apr 22 2010

CMS ONC

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CMS ONC: Estimated Financial Effects of the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” as Amended

Apr 22 2010

Misleading VA Health Information System Numbers

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EMRs are posited to provide enormous benefits to the health system. The Veteran's Administration has one of the most comprehensive large EMR installations. An article in Health Affairs provides a…

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Apr 22 2010

mobihealthnews

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The FDA announced today that it has cleared Proteus Biomedical’s wireless, adhesive sensor technology Raisin, which can track and record a patient’s heart rate, physical activity, body position and other biometrics

Apr 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The changes to Medicaid rebates that are paring some drug companies’ sales and earnings may also cut into already-ailing state budgets

Apr 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Head honchos at medical societies and top editors at their associated journals will have to sever direct financial ties with industry as part of new ethics rules rolled out today

Apr 21 2010

ITNewsOnline

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TANDBERG, the leading global provider of Telepresence, high-definition video conferencing and mobile video today announced that sales for its products and services during 2009 were up more than* 39 per cent in the UK healthcare sector from 2008.

Apr 21 2010

New York Times

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Fearing that health insurance premiums may shoot up in the next few years, Senate Democrats laid a foundation on Tuesday for federal regulation of rates, four weeks after Obama signed a law intended to rein in soaring health costs

Apr 21 2010

New York Times

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Who should be held accountable when a company sells a flawed product that can injure or kill patients? Is it the company or the people who run it?

Apr 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

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UnitedHealth Group Inc. experienced a significant jump in quarterly profit as the health insurer’s strategy of diversifying beyond traditional insurance plans shows signs of paying off

Apr 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

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It’s all fine and good to target cancer drugs to the specific pathways responsible for the disease but the tests to determine who needs those drugs are not always accurate

Apr 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

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North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan and Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer are advocating a proposal to allow residents of the two states to buy less expensive prescription medicine from Canada

Apr 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Global pharmaceutical sales are expected to grow by an average of 5% to 8% annually over the next five years, with drugs to treat cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and HIV

Apr 21 2010

Bloomberg

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Playing memory, reasoning or other brain games won’t make you smarter or mentally stronger, researchers said.

Apr 21 2010

Bloomberg

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U.S. regulators will strengthen their oversight of medical devices used at home

Apr 21 2010

PRNewswire

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration launched the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Transparency Web site today as part of the agency’s transparency initiative

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