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Jun 23 2011

amednews.com

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Telemedicine’s expansion a virtual certainty, paper says – Use of telehealth solutions are expected to grow in light of changes in the health care landscape.

Jun 23 2011

Washington Post

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The national debt will exceed the size of the entire U.S. economy by 2021 — within 25 years — without dramatic cuts to federal health and retirement programs or steep tax increases, congressional budget analysts said.

Jun 23 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The Lewin Group was commissioned by a group of provider and consumer organizations to analyze the impact of the proposed CAP Act

Jun 22 2011

Bloomberg

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Orzag – the same technological change that allows any of us to walk around with all this personal data at a glance may wind up exacerbating the growing gap in life expectancy between people with high levels of income and education and those without.

Jun 22 2011

New.Yahoo

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President Barack Obama’s health care law would let several million middle-class people get nearly free insurance meant for the poor, a twist government number crunchers say they discovered only after the complex bill was signed.

Jun 22 2011

PR News

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Physiotherapy Associates, the nation’s foremost provider of outpatient rehabilitation services, announced today that it has acquired Rehabilitation Consultants, Inc.

Jun 22 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The number of septicemia and sepsis hospitalizations more than doubled between 2000 and 2008

Jun 22 2011

Bloomberg

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Vanguard Health Systems Inc., the hospital operator, raised $450 million in an initial public offering, 22 percent less than it sought, after pricing the shares below the marketed range.

Jun 22 2011

NPR.org

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Serious Surgical Mistakes Persist, Despite Safety Rules

Jun 22 2011

NPR.org

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Medicare Advisory Group Urges Closer Look at Costs for MRIs, CT Scans

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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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