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Oct 18 2010

BusinessWire

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ACS, A Xerox Company, Expands Pharmaceutical Services with Acquisition of TMS Health

Oct 18 2010

Wall Street Journal

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People with long-term-care insurance polices are getting hit with a new round of steep premium increases

Oct 18 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Two studies indicate that adding pharmacists to the primary care team for joint care management increases medical benefits.

Oct 18 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Providing first-dollar coverage for primary preventive screenings appears to increase utilization of screenings, according to an observational study

Oct 15 2010

emrandhipaa.com

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Questions start coming in when you start to talk about module EHR certification when you just purchase parts of a software

Oct 15 2010

Bloomberg

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Health insurers may abandon some markets unless the Obama administration waives a rule set to take effect next year on how much companies must spend on patient care

Oct 15 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Most of the conversations with physicians don’t go enough into the depth of procedure for the disease or illness involved, leaving many patients unprepared to make fully informed decisions about their care

Oct 15 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Study results generally of approaches to reduce fall incidence rates have been mixed-  rates have been remarkably stable over time, so it’s not like there’s a brilliant answer out there,

Oct 15 2010

Washington Post

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The Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s board, if successful, could increase the public’s knowledge of medical treatments for everything from attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder to cancer.

Oct 15 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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With increasing attention on never events, it’s no wonder so many healthcare facilities are taking extraordinary measures to make sure such mistakes are rare, if not impossible, to make.  Yet wrong site/wrong side surgeries still happen

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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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