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Mar 23 2010

AuntMinnie

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Apple’s iPhone med-apps excitement may be dampened somewhat with a recent FDA decision to classify an iPhone image viewing application as a class III device requiring premarket approval

Mar 23 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A requirement tucked into the nation’s massive health care bill:  more than 200,000 fast food and other chain restaurants will have to include calorie counts on menus

Mar 23 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Health care reform leaves Americans with a burning question: How’s this all going to work?  Some questions and answers on the health care bill

Mar 23 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Comprehensive health-care legislation will set in motion a fundamental shift across a sprawling industry, from insurers who will face an expanding list of restrictions to hospitals and doctors confronted with new incentives to practice more-efficient care

Mar 23 2010

Broadband.gov

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Broadband.gov:  Overview of Section 10.1 reviews the potential value that broadband-enabled health IT solutions can unlock

Mar 23 2010

NewScientist

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Researchers at Korea University in Seoul have transmitted data at a rate of 10 megabits per second through a person’s arm, between two electrodes placed on their skin 30 centimetres apart.

Mar 23 2010

Bloomberg

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The health-care overhaul will make as many as 15 million more Americans eligible for Medicaid nationwide starting in 2014 and will cost the states billions to administer.

Mar 23 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A Venture Capitalist’s Take On Health-Care Reform

Mar 23 2010

New York Times

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The future holds potential for a major improvement that capitalizes on modern technology— and its promise goes way beyond doctors’ having to rely on the incomplete or inaccurate memories of their patients.

Mar 23 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Residents of New York State who want to send saliva for DNA testing by 23andMe should do their spitting outside state lines

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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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