Kevin Roche – Page 952 – Healthy Skeptic

Apr 20 2010

Washington Post

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The Food and Drug Administration is planning an unprecedented effort to gradually reduce the salt consumed each day by Americans

Apr 20 2010

Washington Post

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President announced nominee for administrator of the CMS with Donald Berwick, a Harvard University professor and leading advocate for improving health-care quality and efficiency

Apr 20 2010

Bloomberg

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The hospitals ranked No. 1 for each of 12 medical specialties were ranked based on reputation scores alone; studies show these were “minimally associated” with objective quality measures

Apr 20 2010

Star Tribune

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A new model of health-care delivery is coming to communities and community hospitals across northern Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin.

Apr 20 2010

EMRs and Physician/Patient Communication

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Electronic medical records are touted as the solution to many health system problems, including improving information sharing. A Center for Studying Health System Change Issue Brief discusses potential benefits and…

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Apr 19 2010

FreshNews.com

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Sotera Wireless, Inc. a developer of patient monitoring technology, announced completion of a $10.75 million strategic investment round

Apr 19 2010

StarTribune

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The retail clinic pioneer, MinuteClinic, earlier this month launched a new service to monitor chronic conditions – an Interview

Apr 19 2010

Reuters

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Medical transcription company MedQuist said it received court approval to buy all the assets of bankrupt rival Spheris Inc for $116.3 million.

Apr 19 2010

Bloomberg

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Many Democrats and Republicans agree on one aspect of Obama’s health-care overhaul: they despise the Medicare payment commission the law will create

Apr 19 2010

Washington Post

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When President Obama tried to sell his health-care law as a moderate approach that borrows ideas developed by the Heritage Foundation, the Heritage Foundation took exception

Apr 19 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Venture investment in U.S. companies rose last quarter compared to a year ago, but the $4.71 billion wagered was still one of the lowest quarterly totals on record

Apr 19 2010

New York Times

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Obama is assembling a high-level team to carry out key elements of the overhaul and is considering moving faster than the law requires to put them into action

Apr 19 2010

Washington Post

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Personalized medicine can help us extend the healthy lifespan and achieve greater value in health care by honing in on the right tests and treatments for the right people at the right time

Apr 19 2010

New York Times

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Healthy people subsidize people who need more health care – healthier customers discover high premiums are not worth it and dropped out – the pool of insured people shrank – premiums skyrocketed

Apr 19 2010

Washington Post

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The idea was simple enough: Make sure that health insurers spend the vast majority of their revenue on patient care