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Dec 15 2014

The Medical Device Industry

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Ernst & Young issues its regular Pulse of the Industry report regarding the state of the medical device segment.
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Dec 12 2014

Oliver Wyman Foretells the Future

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Oliver Wyman gives us a perspective on the future of health care which isn't too original and likely not very accurate either.
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Dec 11 2014

A New Tracker for the US Health System

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Kaiser Family Foundation in conjunction with The Peterson Foundation has created a new health system tracker which will issue regular reports on the state of American health.
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Dec 10 2014

Physicians Are Generally Stressed, According to a New Survey

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A survey of doctors from the Physicians Foundation finds high levels of stress and dissatisfaction with many aspects of the practice of medicine.
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Dec 09 2014

Health Plan Membership in 2014

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Mark Farrah Associates release details membership numbers for the largest national health insurers in the first half of 2014.
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Dec 08 2014

Health Care Spending in 2013

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
National health care spending in the US grew to $2.9 trillion in 2013, a rate of 3.6% over 2012, and a continuation of growth deceleration.
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Dec 05 2014

GAO on GPOs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Group purchasing organizations were examined by the Government Accounting Office to determine if hospitals report fee rebates appropriately.
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Dec 04 2014

A Successful Smoking Cessation Intervention

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research on an intervention to help hospitalized patients stop smoking finds it improves quit rates.
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Dec 03 2014

PWC on Health Technology

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A PriceWaterhouseCooper Health Research Institute brief theorizes on how health care delivery will be transformed by technology.
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Dec 02 2014

GAO on Price and Quality Websites

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Government Accounting Office reports on the adequacy of health care cost and qualityual transparency tools.
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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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About This Blog

The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com. © Roche Consulting, LLC. Terms of Use.

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