Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Health Care News--4.17.12

 
Health Insurance Tips for 2012 College Grads: eHealthInsurance Releases Real ...
MarketWatch (press release)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Apr 17, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Today eHealthInsurance (NASDAQ:EHTH) , the leading online source of health insurance for individuals, families and small businesses, released tips to help 2012 college graduates understand ...
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Alberta election issues topped by health care, education
CBC.ca
Health care and education continue to be the top issues in the Alberta election agenda, indicates a poll conducted for the CBC. Since January, while economic and government spending concerns also topped the list, health care and education have ...
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Healthcare Robotics Developer Aethon Announces Investment from Mitsui & Co ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Service robotics represent a global opportunity to target hospitals that want to add efficiencies, enhance patient safety, improve care and realize significant savings. We anticipate substantial growth in healthcare robotics over the next five years, ...
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Picking Health-Care Stocks in a Shifting Landscape
Barron's
It's anyone guess how the US Supreme Court will rule on controversial health-care legislation known by its nickname, Obamacare. Officially called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the law, which requires that all Americans have ...
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Privia Health Raises $12.3M from Healthcare Industry Insiders
MarketWatch (press release)
The round of financing was led by Health Enterprise Partners (HEP), a New York-based healthcare private equity group whose limited partners include some of the nation's top health systems and health plans. "The healthcare industry is rapidly evolving ...
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Prime Healthcare Services Hospitals Named Among 100 Top Hospitals in the Nation
Sacramento Bee
By Prime Healthcare Services ONTARIO, Calif., April 16, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Five Prime Healthcare Services' hospitals were named today among the "100 Top Hospitals" in the nation by Thomson Reuters, the world's leading provider of information and ...
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Health care tech company opening Austin facility, plans to create 100 jobs
Austin American-Statesman
By Lori Hawkins Lumeris, a fast-growing St. Louis-based health care technology company, is opening an Austin office to tap into the area's talent pool. The company plans to hire 100 people this year, with more positions to be added in 2013 and beyond, ...
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Consumer Activity on Social Media Sites Dwarfs That of Healthcare Companies ...
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Social media is changing the nature of healthcare interaction, and health organizations that ignore this virtual environment may be missing opportunities to engage consumers, according to a new report ...
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Pharmspective Will Feature Demo of Healthcare Reform App at Academy of Managed ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Reid and Kessler especially look forward to spending time with clients discussing Pharmspective's ClearView(TM) app, a knowledge management tool specifically developed to analyze provisions in the health care reform law and their impact on key pharma ...
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US consumers turn to Facebook, Twitter for healthcare answers
Computerworld
The survey of 1040 US consumers was put together by consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and includes data from a separate survey of healthcare and pharmaceutical executives on how social media is used in their business strategies.
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Blogs
 
Health Care Reform: Workers May Trade Health Insurance For Raises
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Would you give up your health insurance for a raise?
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Malpractice Defense Costs Are Real | The Health Care Blog
By Aaron Carroll, MD
Whenever I post about the malpractice system, I try to make it clear that while I don't consider it to be the cause, nor the cure, for the problems in our health care system, that doesn't mean that the system isn't broken in many ways. Nuisance ...
The Health Care Blog
Simon Johnson: The Problem With Health Care Is The Industry, Not ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
How much should you worry about the level of federal government debt in 2075? The Congressional Budget Office forecasts deficits and debts out that far, and the numbers are eye-popping.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Healthcare-NOW! - Fool's Gold: US Healthcare System Cheats ...
By Healthcare-NOW!
By Donna Smith - In case any one of us needs reminding, the profit-driven healthcare system in America is broken. Driven by its primary motivation to make.
Healthcare-NOW!
New Health Care Laws on Hold Until Supreme Court Rules ...
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
Lawmakers have to wait to introduce new health care bills until the Supreme Court rules on the 2010 law in June.
Congress.org – Get informed,...

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