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Apr 09 2010

New York Times

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The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it was strengthening the agency’s approval process for new radiotherapy equipment.

Apr 09 2010

BusinessWire

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More than $7.5 billion was committed to fund 459 mergers and acquisitions of home health care companies announced during the 10-year period ended December 31, 2009

Apr 09 2010

Washington Post

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Office of Personnel Management:  “We expect you to provide benefits for preventive care, immunizations, and screenings with no enrollee cost sharing”

Apr 09 2010

Bloomberg

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Boston Scientific Corp. is seeking buyers for its Target Therapeutics and neuromodulation units

Apr 08 2010

MHS

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Management Health Solutions, the leading provider of clinical inventory solutions to the nation’s hospitals and healthcare providers, announced today its acquisition of AtPar Inc., a leading developer of mobile supply chain software.

Apr 08 2010

ideaworks

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Studies have found, for example, that patients with chronic diseases normally take only about half their prescribed medications and that 10 percent of hospital admissions result from patients not following the guidelines on their prescriptions

Apr 08 2010

Bloomberg

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HCA Inc., bought four years ago in a $33 billion leveraged buyout led by KKR & Co. and Bain Capital LLC, is preparing an initial public offering that may raise $3 billion

Apr 08 2010

BusinessWire

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Management Health Solutions (clinical inventory solutions to the nation’s hospitals and health care providers) acuqires AtPar Inc., a developer of mobile supply chain software

Apr 08 2010

NEJM

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One recent study showed that even among patients who have health plans with no cost sharing for medications, rates of non-adherence were nearly 40%

Apr 08 2010

geekdoctor

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Home telemonitoring – imagine a world in which all vendors have agreed on a consistent RESTful or SMTP-based transport protocol using a well defined addressing mechanism

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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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