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Dec 14 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Hospitals Adopt Drug Industry Sales Strategy

Dec 13 2011

Wall Street Journal

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What Is a Hospital? An Insurer? Even a Doctor? All the Lines in the Industry Are Starting to Blur

Dec 13 2011

Bloomberg

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By not calling out unhealthy food, Supervalu’s labeling program may be setting itself up to fail

Dec 13 2011

Tennessean.com

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Computed tomography imaging, the technology that took away the guesswork, has caused another medical puzzle. Doctors increasingly order the tests but don’t really know how many of the procedures expose a child to enough radiation to cause cancer.

Dec 13 2011

New York Times

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G.O.P. Bill Would Benefit Doctor-Owned Hospitals

Dec 12 2011

Washington Post

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Readmission rates have increasingly become a measure of a hospital’s quality of care. As part of the Affordable Care Act, Medicare is planning to tie payment to readmission statistics, even penalizing hospitals for readmissions deemed avoidable.

Dec 12 2011

Medgadget.com

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Online Video Game Helps to Solve Genetic Origins of Diseases

Dec 09 2011

Bloomberg

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A $5 billion program to help companies such as AT&T Inc. pay health premiums for retirees under age 65 will end because it’s almost out of money, the U.S. said.

Dec 09 2011

GovhealthIT.com

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U.S. Surgeon General is challenging mobile health application developers to come up with technology tools that are not only creative but also easy and enjoyable for Americans to use in their everyday lives to encourage healthy behaviors

Dec 09 2011

Bloomberg

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CardioMems Fails to Wins FDA Panel Backing for Implanted Heart Monitor

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