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Jan 10 2013

satis

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Concerns are being raised that the new focus on patient satisfaction measures in reimbursement formulas will have unintended consequences such as higher inappropriate spending.

Jan 10 2013

retail clinics

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A new Harris Interactive Poll indicates that retail clinics continue to gain popularity with Americans, with 27% of adults saying they have used one for care in the last two years.

Jan 10 2013

guidelines

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A Perspective in JAMA discusses how to decide if a particular treatment guideline is trustworthy, which implicitly suggests that many guidelines are not.

Jan 09 2013

screening

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Medicare is spending over $1 billion for breast cancer screening, with substantial geographic variation and little evidence of better health outcomes.

Jan 09 2013

tr study

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Most doctors simply copy and paste information from an existing electronic medical record to a new entry, creating opportunities for errors.

Jan 08 2013

vc

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Midwest health care companies received about $1 billion in financings in 2012, up 23% from the prior year, according to BioEnterprise.

Jan 08 2013

pport

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Passport Health Communications, which helps hospitals with their payment cycle, has acquired Data Systems Group, which adds geographic reach and market size to the company.

Jan 08 2013

walg

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Walgreens has received accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care for its workplace clinics to be recognized as patient-centered medical homes, a important milestone in the use of these generally low cost facilities for a broader array of medical services.

Jan 08 2013

WK

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Wolters Kluwer, a large health information and publisher company, has completed the acquisition of Health Language, a vendor of medical terminology services.

Jan 08 2013

athena

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athenahealth, a provider-oriented software and services company, has agreed to acquire Epocrates, a point-of-care application vendor for physicians, for around $300 million.