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Jun 09 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Hospitals and physicians in three states announced this week a 12-month pilot project that they hope will rekindle the movement and measure the impact of patient access to medical records

Jun 09 2010

New York Times

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Efforts to provide medical services by videoconference, a notion known as telemedicine, are expanding into all sorts of realms, but these clinics in Iowa are the first in the nation to provide abortions this way

Jun 09 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Cardinal Health Corp. has agreed to acquire Healthcare Solutions Holding LLC, a privately owned specialty-pharmaceutical company

Jun 09 2010

Washington Post

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The NIH’s tougher disclosure requirements came in response to a spate of bad press showing huge private-sector bucks flowing to researchers at universities and institutes

Jun 09 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The nation’s eating habits are no longer purely a cultural debate; the health-care legislation passed this year means that more than ever, taxpayers will have a financial stake in the average American’s health and diet.

Jun 09 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Under the Senate substitute amendment to the jobs bill (HR 4213) unveiled Tuesday, physicians would get some relief from the 21% cut in Medicare and TRICARE physician reimbursements now in effect.

Jun 09 2010

Bloomberg

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Misys Plc said it would sell its majority stake in the Allscripts health-care information business for about $1.3 billion, facilitating an all-stock merger between the unit and Eclipsys Corp.

Jun 09 2010

Bloomberg

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Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions Inc. agreed to buy Eclipsys Corp. for $1.3 billion in stock

Jun 08 2010

PR Newswire

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Comprehensive personalized prescribing services company has been formed with the merger of Seattle-based Genelex Corporation and Lexington, Massachusetts-based Mental Health Connections, Inc.

Jun 08 2010

New York Times

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The EMR eligibility criteria proposed by the Obama administration are so strict and so ambitious that hardly any doctors or hospitals can meet them

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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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