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Apr 15 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The number of people treated in hospitals in the United States for problems related to medication errors has surged more than 50 percent in recent years.

Apr 15 2011

Wall Street Journal

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App Watch: Letting Doctors Diagnose On the Go

Apr 15 2011

Technology Review

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A startup thinks it can make at-home tests more useful to patients and doctors.

Apr 15 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Organizations did try to keep CMS from publishing these hospital-specific statistics because “measures used to portray safety and quality data should be good, reliable, valid measures of what they’re trying to portray.

Apr 14 2011

National Underwriter

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Evolution Benefits Inc., the company that developed the Benny card benefits account payment card system, and Lighthouse1 L.L.C., a Web-based benefit plan administration services firm, have agreed to merge.

Apr 14 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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CMS’s reasoning for the clarification is that since “providers pay this tax, and in return, they might receive Medicaid DSH (disproportionate share hospital) payments, for example,” it’s not a real cost to the hospital

Apr 14 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Cogent Healthcare and Hospitalists Management Group are merging to form the largest private hospitalist company in the nation

Apr 14 2011

PR Newswire

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Sanare, LLC, a leading provider of care management solutions for people with diabetes, announced today the acquisitions of Great Lakes Medical Supply and Doctor Diabetic Supply.

Apr 14 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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In the 2011 HealthLeaders Media Industry Survey of technology leaders, 46% of respondents said they have one or more telemedicine programs in place.

Apr 14 2011

New York Times

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Taken together, the studies are likely to stoke a raging debate among infection control specialists about the wisdom of universal testing

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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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