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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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

Apr 08 2010

New York Times

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Scientists may have found a way to tell which smokers are at highest risk of developing lung cancer: measuring a telltale genetic change inside their windpipes

Apr 08 2010

mobihealthnews

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

There are at least 22 specific provisions that will have an effect on the connected health and personal health industry – the following 21 provisions that are relevant to connected health.

Apr 07 2010

Marketwire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medpace has acquired Symbios Clinical, a CRO dedicated to medical device clinical trials with expertise in pre-market, post-approval and post-market / outcomes trials

Apr 07 2010

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

While doctors are worrying a lot about whether Congress will block the 21 percent scheduled cut in Medicare payments, a fix to Medicaid payments is raising another question – under the new law, the Medicaid raise may only last two years

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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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