health
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Financial
Study says health care pricing tools aren’t driving down costs
By Dan Gorenstein Here’s a key theory behind cutting health care costs: If consumers knew how much they’d have to…
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Financial
Northwell Health takes steps to bail out ailing Brooklyn hospitals
By Barbara Benson The New York State Department of Health announced today that Northwell Health was awarded a grant…
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Recon
Medicare ‘bundled payments’ improve health, save money
By SUSAN DEVORE @DeVorePremier A Medicare program that began on April 1 requires about 800 hospitals to “bundle” payments…
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Financial
How the Global Initiative on Health and the Economy Can Help Us Invest in Healthy Societies
By Dominic Caruso, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Johnson & Johnson As a company whose mission…
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Biologics
SANUWAVE Health Appoints Orthopaedic and Podiatric Shockwave Executive, A. Michael Stolarski, to its Board
ALPHARETTA, Ga., April 19, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SANUWAVE Health, Inc. (OTCBB:SNWV) today announced the appointment of A. Michael Stolarski…
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Financial
MultiCare Health System and Health Catalyst Expand Analytics Program, Target $25 Million in Annual Savings from Improved Outcomes
TACOMA, WASH. and SALT LAKE CITY – April 13, 2016 – MultiCare Health System, one of Washington state’s largest…
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Financial
Joint Replacement Bundles Create Showcase for Home Health
By Mary Kate Nelson The April 1 start of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) payment model could…
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Recon
Patient engagement, population health, consumerism top CEO concerns
By Jeff Lagasse, April 05, 2016 While care transformation continues to lead the list of concerns for hospital and health…
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Recon
Tenex Health Secures FDA Clearance for the TX2 MicroTip, Providing a Minimally Invasive Solution for Chronic Tendinosis
LAKE FOREST, Calif., March 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Tenex Health Inc. has obtained FDA 510K clearance for its new TX2 MicroTip.…
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Spine
Why smoking is bad news for your spine and how to deal with it
By Bhavyajyoti Chilukoti Smoking causes nicotine addiction, increases the risk of cancer, leads to higher chance of arteriosclerosis and heart disease, and decreased life…
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Extremities
The Future of Medicine is NOT in Your Hands
Saif Abed, MD Not yet anyway. So…what’s it going to take? I recently read an insightful and thoughtful review written by Leonard…
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Extremities
7 Trends Driving Global Health And Life Sciences In 2015
Nicole Fisher There are presently massive shifts occurring in the competitive global landscape of health, and particularly in the life…
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