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Apr 23 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Obama’s health care overhaul law will increase the nation’s health care tab instead of bringing costs down, government economic forecasters concluded Thursday in a sobering assessment of the sweeping legislation

Apr 23 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Telus, Canada’s third-largest wireless carrier, plans to make acquisitions to expand its business providing telecommunication services to the health-care industry

Apr 23 2010

Healthcare IT News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Patient access to their summary and discharge data is vital because nowadays they are “kicked out” of the hospital to continue recuperation at home

Apr 22 2010

PRNews

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

American Well™ announced today that it has signed an agreement to bring American Well’s Online Care services to select Rite Aid patients in select Rite Aid stores

Apr 22 2010

mobihealthnews

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The FDA announced today that it has cleared Proteus Biomedical’s wireless, adhesive sensor technology Raisin, which can track and record a patient’s heart rate, physical activity, body position and other biometrics

Apr 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The changes to Medicaid rebates that are paring some drug companies’ sales and earnings may also cut into already-ailing state budgets

Apr 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Head honchos at medical societies and top editors at their associated journals will have to sever direct financial ties with industry as part of new ethics rules rolled out today

Apr 21 2010

ITNewsOnline

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

TANDBERG, the leading global provider of Telepresence, high-definition video conferencing and mobile video today announced that sales for its products and services during 2009 were up more than* 39 per cent in the UK healthcare sector from 2008.

Apr 21 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Fearing that health insurance premiums may shoot up in the next few years, Senate Democrats laid a foundation on Tuesday for federal regulation of rates, four weeks after  Obama signed a law intended to rein in soaring health costs

Apr 21 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Who should be held accountable when a company sells a flawed product that can injure or kill patients? Is it the company or the people who run it?

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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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