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Jul 08 2011

MedPageToday

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Providing quality care remains a challenge in rural critical access hospitals, with clinical outcomes falling short of those seen in more populated urban centers, a retrospective analysis showed.

Jul 08 2011

Wall Street Journal

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A new report finds shows that Americans are getting fatter and notes worse rates among those with low incomes, but some states don’t exactly fit the pattern.

Jul 08 2011

Wall Street Journal

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The Food and Drug Administration has approved 20 new drugs so far this year, just one short of the total for all of 2010, according to a top agency official.

Jul 08 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Are the best hospitals run by medical doctors or business managers?

Jul 08 2011

Healthkey.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

“Inadequate communication,” according to a 2010 study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, “is associated with worse patient satisfaction, worse trust, more complaints and malpractice claims.”

Jul 08 2011

InformationWeek

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CMS said it plans to allow eligible professionals “to attest in 2012” that they have used their electronic health records to collect data on clinical quality measures as part of the CMS criteria for “Meaningful Use” of EHRs.

Jul 08 2011

iHealthBeat

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A group of medical clinics in Illinois is lobbying Congress to adjust the meaningful use program so rural health centers can receive incentive payments for meaningfully using electronic health records

Jul 08 2011

Washington Post

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Adult obesity rates increased in 16 states in the past year and did not decline in any state

Jul 08 2011

Wall Street Journal

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A couple of researchers from John Hopkins University have been mining more than two billion tweets and used them to uncover a range of valuable health information

Jul 08 2011

New York Times

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The research at Duke turned out to be wrong – its gene-based tests proved worthless

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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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