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Oct 18 2012

Information Week

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If providers and insurers hope to improve medical care, they need to join forces to maximize the amount of patient data available to clinicians

Oct 18 2012

Information Week

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A public-private consortium is about to make a quantum leap in the interoperability among disparate electronic health record (EHR) systems and health information exchanges (HIEs).

Oct 18 2012

The Street

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Wolters Kluwer Health To Acquire Health Language, Inc., A Leader In The Medical Terminology Management Market

Oct 17 2012

PR Newswire

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SHPS, Inc. sells its collaborative care management software subsidiary Landacorp, Inc. to EXL Service

Oct 16 2012

Wired.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The health care industry plays a gigantic game of Blind Man’s Bluff, keeping patients in the dark while asking them to make life-and-death decisions.

Oct 16 2012

PR Newswire

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The Riverside Company has acquired Premier Medical Corporation (Premier), a provider of rental respiratory equipment, liquid oxygen, durable medical equipment and related services to skilled nursing facilities and hospices in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming. The acquisition is an add-on to platform company Specialized Medical Services, Inc.

Oct 15 2012

Information Week

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UPMC is taking its big data initiative a step further by announcing a five-year $100 million investment to create a comprehensive data warehouse that brings together clinical, financial, administrative, genomic, and other information

Oct 15 2012

KaiserHealth News

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Safety-Net Hospitals Brace For Cut To Federal Subsidies

Oct 15 2012

Bloomberg

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UnitedHealth Group Inc. , the biggest U.S. health insurer, raised its 2012 profit forecast as enrollment in its Medicare and Medicaid plans surged in the third quarter and medical costs stayed stable

Oct 12 2012

Bizjournals

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CROMSOURCE Acquires PDR Partners – Expands UK Staffing Solutions Services

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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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