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Sep 21 2010

New York Times

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Promotion of the less accurate method of calculating heart attack risk expanded the market share of patients who are eligible for cholesterol-lowering statin drugs.

Sep 21 2010

informationweek.com

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Users of Google’s online health data service want more than a place to stash their health data – they want tools to help them take steps to improve their health

Sep 21 2010

Reuters

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The worldwide costs of dementia will reach $604 billion in 2010, more than one percent of global GDP output, and those costs will soar as the number of sufferers triples by 2050

Sep 20 2010

GlobeNewswire

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Covisint, a Compuware company, today announced that it has acquired DocSite, an award-winning clinical decision support and quality performance management company

Sep 20 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Many reformers undoubtedly believe that passage of the health overhaul law laid the issue to rest. But policy’s wheels continue to turn, and the process is anything but over.

Sep 20 2010

Kaiser Health News

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The swelling ranks of Americans 65 and older — a figure expected to more than double to 89 million by 2050 — have inspired communities and companies to find innovative ways to help older Americans

Sep 20 2010

nextgov.com

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Federal financial incentives designed to spur health care organizations toward meeting meaningful use standards for electronic health records are living up to their name.

Sep 20 2010

New York Times

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IS your social network making you fat? Are your friends and family influencing you to smoke and drink more, or to sleep less? Can social networks be harnessed to improve it? These are seminal questions in “network science”

Sep 20 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Annual performance-based incentive plans are growing for physicians. The survey found that 92% of  offer incentive plans to their physicians, up from 75% in 2009.

Sep 20 2010

Politico

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Republicans are zeroing in on a nibble-around-the-edges strategy — a long-term, but so far loosely defined, campaign to choke off funding piece by piece and weaken the law
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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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