From MedPage Today:

1. Is This Tattoo Worth a 1,000 Needle Pricks? Researchers at the University of California San Diego believe they have a feasible, noninvasive method for monitoring serum glucose: a temporary tattoo.
2. Systolic Pressure Signals Risk in Young. Isolated systolic hypertension in young and middle-age adults was associated with an increased risk of death from cardiovascular causes later in life.
3. Screening: What Is the True Benefit? Screening for diseases where death is a common outcome rarely reduces disease-specific mortality, and doesn’t reduce all-cause mortality in asymptomatic adults.
4. HHS Outlines Value-Based Payment Goals. By 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is aiming to have 85% of provider payments under Medicare’s fee-for-service system based on the quality or value of care rather than volume.