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And the march of legal settlements continues...

Circling around the block and coming in front of the viewing stand again is device manufacturer Medtronic. 

The Latest Medtronic Settlement

As Bloomberg reported:

(University of Michigan Health System) Increased screening of pregnant women and new mothers for major depression and conflicts with intimate partners may help identify women at risk for suicide, U-M study concludes.

The Center for Public Integrity has published a story ahead of the Thursday release of the Institute of Medicine's report on health IT safety (a panel, by the way, which rejected my testifying, live, about my own mother's injury and death related to health IT despite my credentials and explicit requests).

Excerpts:

(National Academy of Sciences) The federal government is investing billions of dollars to encourage hospitals and health care providers to adopt health information technology so that all Americans can benefit.

Do you often think that you might be overspending on health care bills? Have you ever been surprised by the amount you owe the provider when the bill arrived in the mail?

People with Medicare will be able to benefit from a new program designed to encourage primary care doctors, specialists, hospitals, and other health care providers to coordinate their care under a final regulation issued today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a new initiative to help improve care for patients while they are in the hospital and after they are discharged.

Doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers can now apply to participate in a new program known as the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative (Bundled Payments initiative).

Made possible by the Affordable Care Act, it will align payments for services delivered across an episode of care, such as heart bypass or hip replacement, rather than paying for services separately. 

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The National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library and a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has formally launched MedlinePlus Connect.

This free service allows health organizations and health information technology (HIT) providers to link patient portals and electronic health record (EHR) systems to MedlinePlus.gov, a trusted source of authoritative, up-to-date health information for patients, families and health care providers.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A trade association for the porn industry says it has organized a network of health care providers, testing facilities and labs to serve performers following the closure of a Los Angeles-area clinic they relied on....