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Jun 25 2010

Star Tribune

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One of Minnesota’s largest providers of supportive housing for seniors will begin testing telemedicine and sensor technology to help frail seniors stay healthier and delay institutional care

Jun 25 2010

Bloomberg

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The health-care overhaul is likely to push at least 100 insurers with 200,000 members or less out of the business

Jun 25 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Kaiser Interview with Chronic Disease Expert Professor Kate Lorig regarding the U.S. Health Care System need to treat ‘whole person’

Jun 25 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Improving follow-up appointments is often considered one of the key strategies for reducing costly hospital readmissions, but a new study suggests that better discharge processes don’t reduce 30-day readmission rates at all

Jun 25 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The AHA says that if Congress waits too long to provide relief, states and hospitals may be forced to further cut critical staff and curtail healthcare programs for the poor.

Jun 25 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A new Congressional report calls on medical journals, medical schools and even the National Institutes of Health to take additional measures to ensure the integrity of the scientific articles

Jun 25 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Congress approved on Thursday a bill that averts for six months a planned reduction in fees paid to doctors who treat Medicare patients. The House voted 417-1 to pass the measure, a week after the Senate confirmed it unanimously.

Jun 25 2010

FiscalTimes

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A federal government website will give consumers a list of all private and government health care plans for individuals and small businesses in their areas.

Jun 24 2010

Reuters

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The United States ranked last when compared to six other countries — Britain, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand, the Commonwealth Fund report found.

Jun 24 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Physicians who want to communicate more easily with their patients—but aren’t ready to open up an IT business in their back office—are turning to online solutions.

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