Kevin Roche – Page 974 – Healthy Skeptic

Apr 09 2010

Economist

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The coming convergence of wireless communications, social networking and medicine will transform health care

Apr 09 2010

New York Times

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The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it was strengthening the agency’s approval process for new radiotherapy equipment.

Apr 09 2010

BusinessWire

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More than $7.5 billion was committed to fund 459 mergers and acquisitions of home health care companies announced during the 10-year period ended December 31, 2009

Apr 09 2010

Washington Post

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Office of Personnel Management: “We expect you to provide benefits for preventive care, immunizations, and screenings with no enrollee cost sharing”

Apr 09 2010

Bloomberg

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Boston Scientific Corp. is seeking buyers for its Target Therapeutics and neuromodulation units

Apr 09 2010

What! Massachusetts Again? Yep, With a Side of Maine and New York

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States that supposedly led the way on health care reform are finding out it was the bleeding edge that they were on. Insurers are always the easy target, but bashing…

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Apr 08 2010

MHS

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Management Health Solutions, the leading provider of clinical inventory solutions to the nation’s hospitals and healthcare providers, announced today its acquisition of AtPar Inc., a leading developer of mobile supply chain software.

Apr 08 2010

Patient-Centered Primary Care

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Patient-Centered Primary Care: “Aligning Incentives and Systems” presents the mechanics of both strategies and reviews the evidence for their clinical and economic value.

Apr 08 2010

ideaworks

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Studies have found, for example, that patients with chronic diseases normally take only about half their prescribed medications and that 10 percent of hospital admissions result from patients not following the guidelines on their prescriptions

Apr 08 2010

Bloomberg

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HCA Inc., bought four years ago in a $33 billion leveraged buyout led by KKR & Co. and Bain Capital LLC, is preparing an initial public offering that may raise $3 billion

Apr 08 2010

BusinessWire

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Management Health Solutions (clinical inventory solutions to the nation’s hospitals and health care providers) acuqires AtPar Inc., a developer of mobile supply chain software

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.