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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

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

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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

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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

Apr 07 2010

New York Times

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A so-called Medicare innovation center and a Medicare oversight board that can set payment rates – but all these groups will face the same basic problem – Americans tend to believe that more care is better care.

Apr 07 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to regulate how Internet service providers manage their networks

Apr 07 2010

New York Times

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The governors of Arizona and Nevada say their states will join 14 others suing the federal government over health care reform.

Apr 07 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The VA often gets high marks for being an early adopter of electronic medical systems – a study tries to put a price-tag on what the VA systems collectively called Vista

Apr 07 2010

Washington Post

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A study of Medicare patients shows that costlier, more complex spinal fusion surgeries are on the rise – and sometimes done unnecessarily

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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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