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As American Docs Resist MHealth, Developing Countries Drive Growth
A new study of the global mHealth market finds that consumers and developing countries are driving its growth, while physicians are reluctant to adapt.
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C-suite Views RCM As Matter Of Survival
New Black Book report shows healthcare execs see RCM as a way to stay solvent Read More »
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CDC Threat Report: ‘We Will Soon Be In A Post-Antibiotic Era’
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has just published a first-of-its-kind assessment of the threat the country faces from antibiotic-resistant organisms, ranking them by the number of illnesses and deaths they cause each year and outlining urgent steps that need to be taken to roll back the trend. Read More »
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Double Down: Obamacare Will Increase Avg. Individual-Market Insurance Premiums By 99% For Men, 62% For Women
For months now, we’ve been waiting to hear how much Obamacare will drive up the cost of health insurance for people who purchase coverage on their own. Last night, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services finally began to provide some data on how Americans will fare on Obamacare’s federally-sponsored insurance exchanges. [...] Read More »
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Economic Impact of Open Source on Small Business
A few months back, Tim O’Reilly and Hari Ravichandran, founder and CEO of Endurance International Group (EIG), had a discussion about the web hosting business. They talked specifically about how much of Hari’s success had been enabled by open source software. But Hari wasn’t just telling his success story to Tim, but rather was more interested in finding ways to give back to the communities that made his success possible... Read More »
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EHR Adverse Events Data Cause For Alarm
Software default values, though implemented for safety, are proving in many cases to be harmful for patients if not used properly Read More »
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Fast-Food CEOs Earn Supersize Salaries; Workers Earn Small Potatoes
At a time when fast-food workers make an average of about $9 an hour, what are the chief executives bringing home? According to a new report, YUM! (owner of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut) compensated its CEO $22 million in 2013. [...] Read More »
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FDA: Software Failures Responsible for 24% Of All Medical Device Recalls
Software failures were behind 24 percent of all the medical device recalls in 2011, according to data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which said it is gearing up its labs to spend more time analyzing the quality and security of software-based medical instruments and equipment. Read More »
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Global E-Clinical Trial Technologies Market to Reach US$1.37 Billion by 2018, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on the E-Clinical Trial Technologies markets. The global market for E-Clinical Trial Technologies is forecast to reach US$1.37 billion by the year 2018... Read More »
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Global Wireless Health Market Expected To Reach $59.7 billion By 2018
The global wireless health market is currently valued at $23.8 billion in 2013 and is expected to reach $59.7 billion by 2018, at an estimated CAGR of 20.2% from 2013 to 2018, according to a new report by MarketsandMarkets. Read More »
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How the Cloud Can Bring Expenditure Agility to Agency Budgets
A clear presidential push becomes apparent reading the FY2013 budget. The White House is calling for Federal agencies, health departments among those, to shift IT budgets from a capital expenditure basis to one built on operational spending. In their words, the generation of a “more agile, operational focus” – and the cloud computing model is one way of embracing that expenditure agility, IT-wise. Read More »
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Injured Ex-Soldiers Often Unfairly Denied Benefits, AG Finds [Canada]
The Harper government's oft-repeated slogan of supporting the troops took several hits in the latest auditor general's report, which found injured ex-soldiers don't always get their entitled services and benefits. Read More »
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Obesity Worsened During Economic Downturn: Poor Buying More Cheap Junk Food
Since the economic downturn of the past five years, obesity increased in many developed countries and remained stable in a few. Read More »
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Omidyar Network Releases African Entrepreneurship Report, It’s A Must Read
We have the pleasure of presenting the Accelerating Entrepreneurship in Africa report compiled by the Omidyar Network, the philanthropic foundation established by Pierre Omidyar — the founder of eBay — in partnership with global strategy consulting film, Monitor Group. Read More »
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Practice Survival Hinges On New Models, Technology
Yet another report--this one released by the Physicians Foundation--paints a bleak picture for the future of physician practices as we know them. Read More »
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