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Apr 20 2011

PR Newswire

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Awarepoint Corporation, the leading provider of real-time location system (RTLS) solutions for hospitals, today announced it has acquired Patient Care Technology Systems

Apr 20 2011

Yahoo.com

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In a policy shift critics see as political, the Health and Human Services department has decided to award quality bonuses to hundreds of Medicare Advantage plans rated merely average.

Apr 20 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Some docs don’t like decision support technology because they think it makes them look dumb.

Apr 20 2011

Reuters

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U.S. spending growth on prescription drugs slowed to 2.3 percent in 2010 – the second lowest level in 55 years

Apr 20 2011

The Hill

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The American Hospital Association said Tuesday it was “deeply disappointed” by an Obama administration proposal to cut Medicare payments for acute-care hospitals by 0.5 percent next year.

Apr 20 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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A value-based purchasing program for ASCs, similar to those outlined for inpatient and outpatient hospital care, is on the way

Apr 20 2011

JSOnline

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Palliative care results in more patients  receiving hospice care in their homes and similar settings, and fewer patients  spending the final days of their lives in the hospital.

Apr 20 2011

FierceMobileHealthcare.com

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The Department of Veterans Affairs this week awarded contracts to six IT vendors to run its massive (and growing) telehealth program for the next five years

Apr 20 2011

Bloomberg

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Patients undergoing hip-replacement surgery are being released earlier, while more make return trips to the hospital within 30 days of the procedure

Apr 19 2011

next.gov

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Early hopes among health-care IT executives of quickly qualifying for federal electronic health record incentives are evaporating

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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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