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Oct 13 2010

ATT

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AT&T and WellDoc, a healthcare company that develops technology solutions to improve the lives of people with chronic diseases, today announced a strategic alliance

Oct 13 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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A study from Australia identifies potentially overlooked risk factors for hospital readmissions: depression, underweight, and obesity

Oct 13 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Planned Parenthood launched a campaign today aimed at getting birth control designated as a preventative service under the new health care law

Oct 13 2010

Wall Street Journal

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If you knew you had one year to live, would you have medical tests you didn’t need?  Turns out a surprising number of patients with late-stage cancer get useless screening tests for new cancers that couldn’t possibly kill them.

Oct 13 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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More recent evidence suggests that telemedicine technology could, in fact, be an antidote for the high cost of providing care in ICUs and other healthcare settings

Oct 13 2010

NPR.org

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Insurers Prod Patients To Pick Doctor And Hospitals That Offer ‘Value’

Oct 13 2010

New York Times

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Authorities of New York have promised more than $200 billion worth of health benefits to their retirees while setting aside almost nothing, putting the public work force on a collision course

Oct 12 2010

BusinessWire

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Vocera Communications, Inc., the leading provider of point-of-care communication solutions, today announced two acquisitions: Clinical Health Communications, makers of OptiVox, and Integrated Voice Solutions, makers of VoiceCare

Oct 12 2010

Politico

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A handful of governors are beginning to seriously flex their muscles in attempts to block the federal health reform law by rejecting grants or legislative action

Oct 12 2010

amednews.com

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Preventing a 23% Medicare physician payment cut is one of several major tasks Congress faces when members return Nov. 15

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