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Jun 03 2011

MarketWatch

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The costly flaws in U.S. digital health-data plan – Digitizing patient records proves expensive and may not meet goals

Jun 03 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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IPPS Proposed Rule Clarifies Device Payments

Jun 03 2011

thehealthcareblog

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In a remarkable recent interview, Donald Berwick MD, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), eloquently described his vision of value-based health care.

Jun 02 2011

InformationWeek

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Unbeknownst to many medical practices, as many as 209,000 physicians and other healthcare providers may already be in line for a 1% Medicare payment reduction in 2012 for not writing prescriptions electronically

Jun 02 2011

Denver Post

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A growing shortage of medications for a host of illnesses—from cancer to cystic fibrosis to cardiac arrest—has hospitals scrambling for substitutes to avoid patient harm, and sometimes even delaying treatment.

Jun 02 2011

InformationWeek

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Telecommunications providers that were once hesitant to enter the telemedicine market due to limited reimbursements for services rendered are shaking off their doubts and developing a more aggressive, confident approach to telemedicine

Jun 02 2011

Bloomberg

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Obama Health-Care Law Goes Before Second of at Least Three Appeals Court

Jun 02 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Wireless phones, an increasingly common presence in hospitals, are seen as a perilous health risk by researchers who say the number of dangerous multi-drug resistant organisms

Jun 02 2011

Wall Street Journal

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It would seem logical that giving people access to primary health-care services would help cut down on visits to the emergency room.  But a new study suggests that when it comes to mental-health services for kids, that may not be the case

Jun 02 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Obama administration prohibited the State of Indiana on Wednesday from carrying out a new state law that cuts off money for Planned Parenthood

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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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