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Sep 20 2011

Bloomberg

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WellPoint and two nonprofit health insurers purchased a 78 percent stake today in Bloom Health, a closely held benefits company in Minneapolis

Sep 20 2011

NPR.org

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President Obama’s plan to cut the deficit doesn’t exactly spare Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health programs.

Sep 20 2011

New York Times

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Several major health insurers have agreed to provide their claims data on a regular basis to academic researchers, in an unusual agreement that they say will open a window onto the rising costs of health care.

Sep 20 2011

Wall Street Journal

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A new federal proposal to give all patients in the U.S. direct electronic access to their lab results could make it easier to track important health markers like cholesterol levels and the body’s response to blood thinners – – with an iPhone.

Sep 20 2011

Fiscal Times

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Worried that the federal government could end up running new insurance marketplaces for dozens of states, the Obama administration is making a new pitch for cooperation

Sep 19 2011

Washington Post

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Watson could someday be a standard diagnostic tool. Its ability to make sense of a universe of data would be far beyond that of any person or team of experienced physicians.

Sep 19 2011

MarketWatch

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WhiteGlove, the concierge health-care service aimed to raise $33 million – they tried for three weeks this summer to turn public but failed

Sep 19 2011

PR Newswire

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Hospital Industry Veterans Launch iVantage Health Analytics, Inc.

Sep 19 2011

Next.gov

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More frequent use of electronic medication orders is likely to have a significant impact on hospital mortality rates, according to a new RAND Corp. study.

Sep 19 2011

Kaiser Health News

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The BCBS Association, which includes 39 companies that cover 98 million Americans, says its members need answers soon; they want all regulations released by the beginning of 2012.

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