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May 22 2012

InformationWeek.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

New figures from Surescripts reveal that at the end of 2011, 58% (or 317,000) of office-based physicians were using e-prescribing tools to fill prescriptions, versus only 36% (190,000) in 2010.

May 21 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

DaVita, an operator of kidney dialysis clinics throughout the United States, agreed on Monday to buy HealthCare Partners, which runs medical groups in several states, for $4.4 billion.

May 21 2012

New York Times

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Nearly one in four American adolescents may be on the verge of developing Type 2 diabetes

May 21 2012

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Data trove – previously confidential information, scrubbed of identifying details, is being provided by three of the nation’s largest insurance companies whose combined customers account for about 20 percent of Americans under age 65.

May 21 2012

KaiserHealth News

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Higher prices charged by hospitals, outpatient centers and other providers drove up health care spending at double the rate of inflation during the economic downturn– even as patients consumed less medical care overall

May 21 2012

Bloomberg

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A $6.4 billion effort to speed U.S. reviews of new drugs and medical devices is a step closer to law.

May 21 2012

Bloomberg

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The percentage of U.S. adults who are obese appears to have plateaued.

May 21 2012

Washington Post

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As the federal government pumps billions of bonus dollars into private Medicare health plans to encourage better care, the quality rating system used to award the bonuses is coming under increasing fire.

May 21 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

If the Supreme Court strikes down the law as unconstitutional, according to Kaiser, the roughly 16 million low-income adults that the Medicaid expansion would help would likely remain uninsured.

May 18 2012

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Doctors ditching the prescription pad as more than a third of prescriptions now are electronic

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