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Jul 27 2011

PR Newswire

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Becton, Dickinson announced today that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Carmel Pharma, Inc., a Swedish company that manufactures the leading closed-system drug transfer device for the safe handling of hazardous drugs that are packaged in vials.

Jul 26 2011

GovHealthIT.com

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CCHIT: Don’t buy a new EHR just yet

Jul 26 2011

Kaiser Health News

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The quality of care at outpatient surgical centers has remained a mystery – but as Medicare moves toward taking quality into account in setting payments, it’s going to start looking at the rates of problems at these facilities

Jul 26 2011

St. Louis Today

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Express Script-Medco deal could fuel other acquisitions

Jul 26 2011

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Nearly half of all surveyed financial leaders anticipate a revenue loss of some kind from ICD-10.

Jul 26 2011

Washington Post

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Hospitals make palliative care a priority to improve patients’ quality of life

Jul 25 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Aetna To Buy PayFlex Holdings For $202 Million

Jul 25 2011

Business Wire

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athenahealth, Inc. announced  that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Proxsys,

Jul 25 2011

Washington Post

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Tom Coburn’s cuts: Military’s Tricare Prime health care program targeted

Jul 22 2011

KaiserHealth News

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Hospitals Look For Disney Magic To Make Customers Happy

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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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