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Aug 18 2010

NPR

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

High-speed Internet connections now make it possible to bring a doctor’s expertise to patients in far-off places, if those places are connected

Aug 17 2010

ehealthnews.eu

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Royal Philips Electronics today announced that it has joined Gilde Healthcare III – a new venture capital fund focusing on innovative early and growth stage healthcare technology companies in Europe and the US

Aug 17 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

ResCare Inc. received a proposal from Toronto-based investment firm to buy the stake of company it doesn’t already own, valuing the provider of home care to the elderly and people with disabilities at $365.4 million

Aug 17 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Forty-five states and the District of Columbia will each get $1 million in federal funds to monitor proposed health insurance premium hikes in their jurisdictions, and take action against unreasonable increases

Aug 17 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Cancer is the world’s top “economic killer” as well as its likely leading cause of death, the American Cancer Society contends in a new report

Aug 17 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Diabetics who undergo weight-loss surgery need fewer medications to control the condition and have lower health-care costs after the procedure, a study found.

Aug 17 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The study finds that “Americans, who face higher out-of-pocket health care costs, have reduced their routine medical care” much more than people in Britain, Canada, France and Germany.

Aug 17 2010

InformationWeek

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A new report concludes that EHRs will only be able to provide about a third of the data requirements for Stage 1 quality measures outlined in the final rule.

Aug 17 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Among the uninsured, 7.4 percent made two or more visits to an E.R., but so did 5.1 percent of people with private insurance. Medicaid recipients were the heaviest users of E.R.’s, with 15.3 percent of them making two or more visits during the year.

Aug 17 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Democrats, running scared in an election year, are trying to overcome older people’s mistrust of the new health care 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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