> HealthImaging.com has a story about the long, hard but apparently ultimately worthwhile road to EMR adoption. Article [1]

> The shift towards customer empowerment in healthcare is leading to new opportunities for software companies that make customer relationship management, according to one hopeful vendor. Article [2]

> Much more on the technical snafus in Medicare Part D and how some PDPs are working on resolving them. Article [3]

> Reports that officials have been slow in releasing payments to vendors in the UK's massive Connecting for Health program are causing a bit of a stir. Article [4]

And Finally... Senate investigators issued a critical report on the failure to protect hospitals and nursing homes during Hurricane Katrina. Article [5]