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Sep 09 2011

Washington Post

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Obama would pay for jobs plan with spending cuts, tax hikes and trimming Medicare and Medicaid

Sep 08 2011

govhealthit.com

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ONC launches project to query EHRs for population health data

Sep 08 2011

Bloomberg

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Weight Watchers Helps Obese Lose More Than Doctors’ Treatment in Study

Sep 08 2011

InformationWeek

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HIE Vendor Market Poised For Shakeup: Among dozens of vendors selling technology products and services to health information exchanges, no clear player dominates, study says.

Sep 08 2011

propublica.org

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Drug companies have long kept secret details of the payments they make to doctors and other health professionals for promoting their drugs. But 12 companies have begun publicizing the information

Sep 08 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Marketers are always looking for ways to boost patient engagement. With many audiences trained to block out traditional healthcare marketing messages it’s time to turn up the creativity.

Sep 08 2011

PR Newswire

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TeamHealth Grows Anesthesia Division with Acquisition of Anesthesia Services, Inc.

Sep 08 2011

New York Times

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Doctors are paid higher fees in the United States than in several other countries, and this is a major factor in the nation’s higher overall cost of health care

Sep 08 2011

Washington Post

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91 people in eight cities who are accused of bilking the Medicare system out of nearly $300 million

Sep 08 2011

Nextgov.com

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Protected medical information, including patient medical records, is alarmingly susceptible to security breaches, two new reports suggest.

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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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