Large publisher Elsevier has acquired InferMed, a clinical decision support software and content company, to add to Elsevier's suite of health information products.
CMS' penalties for health care acquired infections in hospitals did not change the rate of such infections; i.e., the policy didn't work, according to research published in an infection control journal.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25732568
Jul132015
Scaling the heights of fishy journalism, the Washington Post reveals that fish oil supplements are a $1.2 billion industry with no scientific evidence of benefits. This story isn't fin-ished yet.
The reform law established and provided funding for community-based non-profit health plans. A GAO report finds that these plans tend to have lower premiums but have had mixed enrollment success. Some have already gone bust.
http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/669945.pdf
Jul102015
The Medical Memory offers technology for providers to video patient visits and share the videos with patients and has raised $2.1 million to support growth.
According to the Medical Group Management Association, primary care doctors earned an average of around $241,000 in 2014, while specialists averaged $412,000; but primary care pay is rising more rapidly than that of specialists.
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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. 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.