Kevin Roche – Page 968 – Healthy Skeptic

Apr 08 2010

NEJM

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One recent study showed that even among patientswho have health plans with no cost sharing for medications,rates of non-adherence were nearly 40%

Apr 08 2010

geekdoctor

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Home telemonitoring – imagine a world in which all vendors have agreed on a consistent RESTful or SMTP-based transport protocol using a well defined addressing mechanism

Apr 08 2010

New York Times

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Scientists may have found a way to tell which smokers are at highest risk of developing lung cancer: measuring a telltale genetic change inside their windpipes

Apr 08 2010

mobihealthnews

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There are at least 22 specific provisions that will have an effect on the connected health and personal health industry – the following 21 provisions that are relevant to connected health.

Apr 08 2010

Telepsychiatry

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The California Health Foundation examines the use of telepsychiatry in the emergency room. In a second article Time explores its use for children and teens. Telepsychiatry is just one example…

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Apr 07 2010

Marketwire

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Medpace has acquired Symbios Clinical, a CRO dedicated to medical device clinical trials with expertise in pre-market, post-approval and post-market / outcomes trials

Apr 07 2010

Kaiser Health News

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While doctors are worrying a lot about whether Congress will block the 21 percent scheduled cut in Medicare payments, a fix to Medicaid payments is raising another question – under the new law, the Medicaid raise may only last two years

Apr 07 2010

New York Times

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A so-called Medicare innovation center and a Medicare oversight board that can set payment rates – but all these groups will face the same basic problem – Americans tend to believe that more care is better care.

Apr 07 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to regulate how Internet service providers manage their networks

Apr 07 2010

New York Times

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The governors of Arizona and Nevada say their states will join 14 others suing the federal government over health care reform.

Apr 07 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The VA often gets high marks for being an early adopter of electronic medical systems – a study tries to put a price-tag on what the VA systems collectively called Vista

Apr 07 2010

Washington Post

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A study of Medicare patients shows that costlier, more complex spinal fusion surgeries are on the rise – and sometimes done unnecessarily

Apr 07 2010

Bloomberg

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Health overhaul calls for $130 billion in Medicare Advantage cuts, which covers 11 million people – insurers will offset some of the expense by raising premiums on customers

Apr 07 2010

Patient Choice of Retail Clinic or Physician Office for Care

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A survey examines the bases for patients' preferences for a site of care, in particular what factors would lead them to chose a retail clinic versus a regular physician office…

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Apr 06 2010

Bloomberg

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IRS Commissioner said the agency will rely on insurance companies to provide information that individuals are buying coverage as required by the new health-care overhaul.