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Oct 06 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Quality indicators are supposed to encourage better health care.  But in the case of the elderly, they may lead to unintended harms

Oct 06 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) is creating new pressure to get ­patients more ­actively involved in their care

Oct 05 2011

Reuters

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Home health stocks crash on criminal probe speculation

Oct 05 2011

Bizjournals.com

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MSC Care Management, a provider of medical products and services to post-discharge and post-injury workers’ compensation claimants nationwide, will acquire Integrated Healthcare Services

Oct 05 2011

KaiserHealth News

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Study Finds Living Wills Help Curb Costs Only In High-Spending Areas

Oct 05 2011

GovHealthIT.com

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ICD-10’s ten-year reign of fear

Oct 05 2011

Cleveland.com

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Watson computer downs Cleveland Clinic cardiologists in ‘Jeopardy’ demonstration

Oct 05 2011

LA Times

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As steward of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, Donald Berwick is leading a charge to cut errors and increase efficiency. But time for such measures may be running out.

Oct 04 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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In the relentless upward march of U.S. healthcare spending, almost two-thirds (63%) goes to just 10% of patients, and nearly half (52.5%) is spent on 5% of patients, according to a recent study from the National Institute for Health Care Management.

Oct 04 2011

Pharmalot

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

With total market penetration by CROs increasing from 35 percent last year to 38 percent in 2011. Among large drugmakers, 27 percent expect to outsource, while 47 percent of the smallest companies expect to do likewise.

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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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