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Feb 11 2010

BusinessWire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

Feb 11 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

Feb 11 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The largest U.S. doctors’ group criticized a Senate plan for avoiding a proposed 21 percent cut in government payments to physicians who treat the elderly, calling the proposal a “Band-Aid” measure.

Feb 11 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Obese children are more likely to die before reaching age 55 than those who are a healthier weight, researchers said.

Feb 11 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Blackstone Group Travelport Ltd. postponed its initial public offering, while Graham Packaging Co. cut its deal as a slumping market for IPOs ensnared the world’s largest private-equity firm

Feb 10 2010

amednews.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Cisco announced it is partnering with Molina Healthcare, two community health centers in San Diego and the state of California to create 15 telehealth sites across the state

Feb 10 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

As the Food and Drug Administration reviews the way it approves medical devices, companies are girding for changes that could make it tougher and more expensive to roll out new products.

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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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