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Mar 01 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Gram-negative germs for the most part threaten only hospitalized patients whose immune systems are weak – what is most worrisome is their drug resistance

Mar 01 2010

VentureBeat

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Endpoint Clinical, provider of integrated response software allowing clinical study administrators to change parameters and tests on the fly has brought in $1.7 million

Feb 26 2010

PR Newswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Nurtur, the health, wellness, and work-life company serving employers, plan sponsors and health plans, today announced the strategic acquisition of two health and wellness companies, ActivHealth and Wellness by Choice

Feb 26 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A medical imaging trade group said Thursday that manufacturers of CT scanners will begin installing safety controls to prevent patients from receiving excessive radiation

Feb 26 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A battle over who to blame for rising health-care costs is escalating, as groups seek to pin the problem on each other and say none of the health-care legislation under consideration does enough to solve it

Feb 26 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Government workers were far more likely to report that they had been injured or fallen ill at work in 2008 and had to take time off compared to private sector employees.

Feb 26 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

To help ensure that medical radiation is safe, Medicare insists that certain highly technical cancer treatments be administered only when a patient’s radiation oncologist is present or nearby – but…

Feb 26 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The U.S. House approved a $10 billion plan to extend for a month unemployment benefits, including federal subsidies to help the jobless buy health insurance.  The measure also would prevent looming cuts in Medicare reimbursements to doctors

Feb 26 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Don’t blame only insurers for rising health-care costs – California’s hospital fees surged 10.6 percent annually from 1999 to 2005 as the state’s biggest hospital networks began to demand higher rates

Feb 26 2010

mobihealthnews

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According to recent report from McKinsey & Company, “opportunities” in the global mobile health care market are worth about $50 billion in 2010

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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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