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Feb 12 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Stents have transformed treatment for coronary arteries – but their arrival has also sparked a controversy over whether cardiologists use them too soon or too often

Feb 12 2010

New York Times

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A jury acquitted a nurse charged with a felony after alerting the state medical board that a doctor at her hospital was practicing unsafe medicine

Feb 12 2010

New York Times

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Mr. Tauzin, president of the pharmaceutical industry’s trade group, resigned in the latest unexpected fallout of the Republican upset in the Massachusetts Senate race

Feb 12 2010

New York Times

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Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, declared the explanation inadequate, especially in light of the profits made by Anthem’s parent company, WellPoint Inc.

Feb 12 2010

Bloomberg

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The Obama administration today will announce $975 million in government grants to expand the use of technology in the health-care industry

Feb 11 2010

BusinessWire

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QSI, a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Opus Healthcare Solutions, Inc

Feb 11 2010

HealthSystemCIO

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Quality Systems (QSI) — parent company of NextGen Healthcare Information Systems — is acquiring Opus Healthcare Solutions

Feb 11 2010

Wall Street Journal

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An examination of one of the best-known examples of a comparative-effectiveness analysis shows how complicated such a seemingly straightforward idea can get.

Feb 11 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The president should consider how the health-care bills his party has on the table right now will drive up the legal costs that are draining the health-care system we currently have

Feb 11 2010

New York Times

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Five of the state’s largest private insurers plan to offer doctors and hospitals the ability to use a single Web portal to check a patient’s coverage and track claims

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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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