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Aug 01 2011

Washington Post

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Federal examiners have rejected patents for genetic screening tests because the applicants did not explore their effectiveness for different races

Aug 01 2011

Bloomberg

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FDA Backs Quicker Reviews for Hip Implants in Reply to Panel’s Report

Aug 01 2011

amednews.com

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Pace of mergers, acquisitions revs up for physician practices

Jul 29 2011

EMRandHIPAA

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As everyone in health IT knows, EMR certification, a prerequisite for meaningful use, does not measure usability

Jul 29 2011

Health Leaders Media

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Over the next two years, CMS expects hospitals to begin tracking and reporting their median times for two National Quality Forum-approved benchmarks for emergency care

Jul 29 2011

New York Times

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Epocrates has won over nearly half of the nation’s doctors for its free smartphone apps that lets them look up information on drug dosing, interactions and insurance coverage while seeing a patient.

Jul 29 2011

Washington Post

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The iPad application drchrono has been granted a “Meaningful Use” certification by the U.S. government

Jul 29 2011

Money.bundle.com

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The most and least expensive cities for health care

Jul 29 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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MGMA: Proposed HIPAA Disclosures Rule ‘Unworkable’

Jul 28 2011

Star Tribune

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Expanding the nation’s broadband network is crucial to improving care, according to the study, because many illnesses can be handled over the Internet.

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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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