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Mar 27 2013

omada

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Startup Omada Health has raised $4.7 million to help fund its online diabetes prevention and management product, which seems like a lot when similar efforts have been pretty unsuccessful.

Mar 27 2013

res

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The strategy of reducing medical residents’ shift hours appears to have backfired, according to research in the JAMA Internal Medicine. Patient safety may be compromised and residents appear to be learning less.

Mar 27 2013

read

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A new algorithm may do a better job of predicting which patients might be readmitted to the hospital. It was developed at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and uses 7 factors to direct attention toward the most at-risk patients.

Mar 26 2013

trans

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

An article in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that it is very difficult to get prices for a common procedure from hospitals and that stated prices vary widely.

Mar 26 2013

ehr

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Top EHR vendors for meaningful use include Epic, Allscripts, Cerner, eClinical, NextGen and GE. The top five vendors have over 50% of the market, but there are over 350 vendors with at least one customer in the meaningful use database.

Mar 26 2013

paperwork

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

According to the American Action Forum the reform law has imposed over 100 million hours and $30 billion of cost just in paperwork, and its only getting started!!

Mar 25 2013

tele

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A study in England found that using telehealth to support the care of people with chronic conditions such as COPD, heart disease or diabetes did not appear to be cost-effective, although it might improve quality.

Mar 23 2013

dev

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Senate has voted overwhelmingly to eliminate the medical device tax imposed as part of the funding for the health reform law. No word on what the President will do. Can you say “its unraveling”?

Mar 22 2013

wsj

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Wall Street Journal has a story about the likely hefty increase in some health insurance premiums next year.

Mar 21 2013

wal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Walgreens, Boots, and AmeriSource Bergen entered into a 10 year deal regarding provision and distribution of drugs, which should provide substantial benefits to Walgreens over time and improves its competitive position.