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• in Technorati Women
  Drug Company Still Under Fire for High Cost of Prematurity Prevention Drug
  Despite lowering drug cost by more than half, KV Pharmaceutical is still under criticism from doctors and public.
  by Susbear / on Apr 4, 2011
• in Politics
  Because They Count Deaths, We GET Deaths.
  Patients (health care customers) GET what healthcare MEASURES: deaths, costs, complications & lawsuits.
  by uproothc / on Feb 24, 2011
• in Lifestyle
  The Cholesterol Delusion by Ernest N. Curtis, M.D.
  “Cholesterol is one of the most vital and important biochemical compounds in nature. It is a major component of every cell in the body.” — Dr. Curtis
  by fcetier / on Feb 5, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “healthcare costs”

 

• Hospitals save $4.5 billion in just 3 years

  
  Action For Better Healthcare — Authority: 98
  By Kester FreemanFormer CEO, Palmetto HealthAmazing results were announced this morning regarding hospitals around the country and how they lowered healthcare costs to the tune of $4.5 billion and saved more than 24,000 lives in just three years! Remarkable. How did they do it? They got involved in a program called ...
  1 week ago

• Healthcare Changes: “Little” or not so little impact

  
  Savvy Patient | Care Giver/Patient Advocate, Medical & Disease Management Site detail — Authority: 92
  I have been on Medicare all of three months. Up to the time of enrollment I wondered if my access to and/or quality of care would be effected with the change . In the last two weeks I have encountered two changes that I feel have or will have a impact on my care. One change that effects Medicare patients, the other ...
  2 weeks ago

• Healthcare Reform: Are Hospital Monopolies behind High Healthcare Costs?

  
  Savvy Patient | Care Giver/Patient Advocate, Medical & Disease Management Site detail — Authority: 92
  The media coverage of the  Affordable Care Act , more commonly called “Obamacare” focuses mainly on the “way we pay for healthcare”.  Avik Roy writes the Apothecary blog for Forbes.com. In one  of his latest posts he provided eye-opening information about the doubling of charges to insurers after ...
  2 weeks ago

• Going Beyond Wellness

  
  WhiteGlove House Call Health Blog — Authority: 79
  In today’s business climate, most employers are focused on lowering their healthcare costs. Historically, the cost trend for healthcare has continued to rise with no reprieve in sight. This means... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  2 weeks ago

• Whiny docs spur on expensive technology purchases

  
  Health IT News — Authority: 553
  Demanding doctors and an appetite to "keep up with the Joneses" of the healthcare world are among some of the more prominent reasons hospital executives choose to purchase expensive and oftentimes unnecessary technology, according to an article published this week by HealthLeaders Media . Cheryl Clark, who wrote the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Keeping 55 to 64 Year-Olds Healthy: A Significant Healthcare Challenge

  
  A.M.H.'s Blog — Authority: 105
  An admission right from the start--this post will deviate from the norm in that it consists of a well-thought out, well documented entry. In other words, I spent some time pondering my subject, researching it, and editing my paper on it for content as well as for grammar.  With that said...In looking back over the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Patient-matched technology increases surgical efficiency for hospitals

  
  Health IT News — Authority: 553
  Surgical accuracy, and, by extension, hospital efficiency, could be improved through the use of patient-matched technology, according to a study published in the January 2012 edition of The Journal of Arthroplasty . The technology, which requires engineers to create patient-specific surgical instruments after ...
  2 weeks ago

• 5% of patients responsible for half of healthcare spending

  
  FierceHealthFinance — Authority: 457
  Hospitals trying to curb rising healthcare costs should look no further than the 5 percent of patients who accounted for half of all U.S. healthcare spending in 2009, according to the latest data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released Wednesday. Those patients cost about $36,000 each. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Can ‘sugar tax’ actually lower healthcare costs?

  
  HRMorning.com — Authority: 489
  It’s no secret American’s don’t take very good care of themselves. Well, researchers suggest a new tax may help change that. Researchers from Columbia University, UC San Francisco and Virginia Tech calculated that a penny-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages would significantly slash the instances of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Why You Should Consider Travel Insurance

  
  Auto and Car Resource! Vacations, Sports — Authority: 130
  by AndrewHA . Article by Nicholas Hunt People that travel are often vulnerable to some of the negative events and instances that could occur during their time away from home. Travel insurance is intended to help protect regular or single event travelers from the potentially expensive costs that could results from ...
  3 weeks ago

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