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Dec 13 2011

Tennessean.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

Dec 09 2011

Kasier Health News

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In the ongoing deficit reduction talks, critical access hospitals have been singled out at least twice as a program ripe for cutting

Dec 08 2011

Wall Street Journal

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The federal agency will relax its restrictions on the release of information about individual doctors, reversing a three-decade position that doing so would violate physicians’ privacy rights.

Dec 08 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

General Electric Co. and Microsoft Corp.  plan a joint venture combining electronic health-care management and software systems that aim to reduce costs from errors and waste

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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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