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Aug 19 2010

Bloomberg

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Patients diagnosed with incurable lung cancer who were given palliative care usually reserved for people close to death had a better quality of life and lived longer than those getting standard treatment

Aug 19 2010

Los Angeles Times

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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger joined U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra at the UC Davis Cancer Center on Tuesday to announce the launch of the country’s largest “telehealth” system

Aug 19 2010

Insurance & Technology

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Health carriers expect IT improvements on the provider side to lower healthcare costs by reducing care redundancies and readmissions.

Aug 19 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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North Carolina hospital and physician leaders have announced plans to create a statewide healthcare information network to facilitate the adoption of meaningful use.

Aug 19 2010

Fiscal Times

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According to a report released last week from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), diabetes is costing Americans $83 billion a year in hospital fees — 23 percent of total hospital spending

Aug 18 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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When the University of Michigan Health System launched a program to inform patients of harmful medical errors and offer compensation, legal claims dropped more than 25%.

Aug 18 2010

Forbes

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A seismic shift in the U.S. health insurance industry will present unprecedented challenges and opportunities for the health care payer CIO’s

Aug 18 2010

Wall Street Journal

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More than 85% of the uninsured in Massachusetts were between the ages of 19-64; more likely to be male, young and single; a member of a racial or ethnic minority; or a non-citizen and lack proficiency in English

Aug 18 2010

Washington Post

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Analysts expect the recently signed health-care overhaul law to spur an increase in research comparing drugs and devices, areas where both Medco and United BioSource have reach.

Aug 18 2010

Fiscal Times

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Late last week, the FDA received a letter from Susan B. Komen for the Cure, the pink ribbon-bedecked juggernaut, demanding the agency maintain its approval of Genentech’s Avastin

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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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