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Nov 26 2010

New York Times

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Efforts to make hospitals safer for patients are falling short, researchers report in the first large study in a decade to analyze harm from medical care and to track it over time.

Nov 26 2010

Bloomberg

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Almost one in five hospital patients was injured by their care, according to a study of 10 U.S. hospitals that found little improvement from industry and government efforts to improve safety.

Nov 24 2010

Washington Post

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Health care’s dilemma: Competition or collaboration?

Nov 24 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Louisville, KY-based Humana Inc. and Norton Healthcare jointly announced this week that they have launched the region’s first commercial Accountable Care Organization.

Nov 24 2010

New York Times

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But according to a complaint filed with the FTC, QualityHealth collects information about people’s medical conditions, preferred medicines and treatment plans and uses it to profile its users for prescription drug marketing.

Nov 24 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Amid pressure from employers, the Obama administration on Monday loosened rules for bare-bones health-insurance policies. It marks one of the administration’s biggest steps to peel back regulations that big business found onerous under the health- care overhaul.

Nov 24 2010

Reuters

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Lower-income families were just as likely as wealthier families to understand how their plan works, but they just could not afford to get treatment.

Nov 24 2010

boston.com

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Massachusetts health officials published online yesterday the most comprehensive state database in the country listing payments drug companies and medical device makers have made to doctors, nurses, pharmacists, hospitals, and other health care providers.

Nov 24 2010

Kaiser Health News

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What would happen if the rank and file of America’s employers, financially overwhelmed by the burden associated with sponsoring health coverage, suddenly opted out?

Nov 23 2010

New York Times

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Thousands of seriously ill patients are relying on computerized health trackers to help keep them safe at home.

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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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