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Mar 17 2011

Barrons

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Even as government and private health plans push to restrain spending on medicines, the prices of brand name prescriptions are climbing rapidly, reaching the steepest rate of the decade last year.

Mar 17 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

If among the great ideas that’s hit you in the shower lately is a computer algorithm to predict which people will spend the most time in the hospital over the course of a year, this is your moment.

Mar 16 2011

US News Health

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The likelihood of Medicare patients being diagnosed with a chronic disease may depend on where they live

Mar 16 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Amid a larger effort to use medical data to improve health care, one company is trying something new: offering $3 million in prize money for the algorithm that can best predict when people are likely to be sent to the hospital.

Mar 16 2011

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Tricare target of Pentagon cuts as health care projected to reach $65B

Mar 16 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Among hospital survey respondents, 39% said EMR systems will receive the majority of capital funds in the coming year. Another 27% say most of their capital funds will go to clinical technology this year.

Mar 16 2011

PR Newswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Informed Medical Communications, a leading provider of peer-to-peer medical forums, training services, and integrated medical communications for the biopharmaceutical industry, and IC Axon, announced the merger of the two organizations

Mar 15 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The programs are known as Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, or Polst

Mar 15 2011

Los Angeles Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

New ideas to help people take medications correctly

Mar 15 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Hospitals have spent millions of dollars adopting electronic medical records, aiming to get a slice of the government’s $27 billion in incentives. Now, they need to teach doctors and other staffers to use the records.

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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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