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Jun 29 2011

govhealthit.com

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The rule that details the requirements for stage 2 of meaningful use will “look a lot like” the measures that the Health IT Policy Committee recently endorsed – the measures focus on patient-centered, safe and coordinated health care, he added.

Jun 29 2011

NPR.org

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Medicare’s hospice costs have increased from $2.9 billion in 2000 to $12 billion in 2009, making it one of the fastest growing segments of the government health care program for the elderly.

Jun 29 2011

Wall Street Journal

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has rolled out a new online directory of 224 health-care quality reports that compare local physicians and hospitals.

Jun 29 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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In 2009, Kaiser reached full integration after a $4 billion investment in population information technology.

Jun 29 2011

NPR.org

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Serious medical errors that result in malpractice payments are almost as common in outpatient settings like physicians’ offices and urgent care clinics as they are in hospitals, according to a recent study published in JAMA.

Jun 29 2011

Fiscal Times

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A study found that of 10,739 malpractice claims paid on behalf of physicians in 2009, 48 percent were in the inpatient setting, while 43 percent were in the outpatient setting.

Jun 29 2011

National Journal

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About 5 percent of the population is responsible for almost half of all health care spending in the United States and for rising premium rates, according to a new report from the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation.

Jun 29 2011

Politico

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State health exchange planning documents obtained by POLITICO read like a who’s who of top health consulting firms, with contracts awarded to health vendors large and small.

Jun 28 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Stanley Black & Decker Inc. on Monday unveiled a 6.5 billion Swedish kronor ($1 billion) cash offer for security-surveillance company

Jun 28 2011

GovhealthIT

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State HIEs wrangle with thorny ‘patient consent’ issue

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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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