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Universal Health 4Q Profit Rises (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Hospital operator Universal Health Services Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit rose 17 percent on higher revenue from both its acute care and behavioral health facilities.
Universal Health Issues Strong Outlook (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Hospital operator Universal Health Services Inc. on Thursday issued a 2008 profit guidance mostly above Wall Street estimates.
Interview: Google Health: Consumer Launch Coming In Next Few Months; Business Model? Not Just Yet (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
As expected, Google chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt used his closing-day keynote at HIMMS08 today to make a major statement about the plans for Google Health. It’s not really a launch the initiative has been underway internally for a long time, the Cleveland Clinic pilot project was announced last week and other partners are on board, and the consumer version won’t be ready for beta for months.
Google Health service won’t be ad-supported (USA Today)
Google Inc. will not use advertising to support its new Internet health service, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday in the search company’s first in-depth public comments about a venture raising concerns among privacy advocates.
Health Insurers to Collect $54 Billion From Medicare, U.S. Says (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)
Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) — Private health insurers, including UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Humana Inc.., will collect $54 billion more from Medicare than the government would spend providing care directly over the next four years, a U.S. auditor said.
Health Highlights: Feb. 28, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Google previews Google Health (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)
Google shed more light on the health care service it is developing, showing off a couple of screenshots of what it will look like.
Google Health to include Quest, Health Grades (CNN Money)
Quest Diagnostics, Health Grades to provide patient and physician data through new service provided by the Online search and advertising company.
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Health Highlights: Feb. 27, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Tysabri May Cause Liver Damage, Health Officials Say (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) — The controversial multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri can start causing liver damage within six days of the first dose, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.
Smaller plans try to rectify failure of health care reform (Contra Costa Times)
SACRAMENTO — With health care reform dead in California — at least on the grand scale that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had envisioned — lawmakers are stepping in with a series of measures that they say would help consumers and ban some egregious practices by insurance companies.
Health Dept. probes local measles (New York Daily News)
Two members of a Brooklyn family have come down with a rare case of measles, prompting the city’s Health Department to investigate whether it was contracted locally or outside the state.
Congestion charge ‘boosts health’ (BBC News)
London’s congestion charge may have delivered a small, unexpected health bonus to the capital, say researchers.
Brooks, TLC to partner in health care (The Buffalo News)
DUNKIRK Leaders from Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk and the TLC Health Network have announced a partnership under the name Lake Erie Regional Health System of New York.
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Senate Passes Bill on Indian Health Care (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The Senate has passed legislation designed to improve health care on Indian reservations and increase tribal access to Medicare and Medicaid.
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