> Ratings firm Standard & Poor's has announced that it plans to track not-for-profit hospitals' IT investments and factor them in significantly in how they rate the hospitals' financial health. FierceHealthFinance [1]
> It looks like pharmaceutical companies may be winning one of their key arguments--that since they're regulated by the FDA, plaintiffs are pre-empted from suing in state courts. Let's see what the Supremes think. FiercePharma [2]
> Think your electronic medical record system is just for patient care? Think again, say policy makers and researchers. FierceHealthIT [3]
> Stem cell researchers who managed to engineer a human embryo are now facing criticism that their work is a big step toward designing babies. FierceBioResearcher [4]
And Finally... What includes Harry Truman's 1948 Democratic National Convention speech, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and Fiorello LaGuardia reading comics? Article [5]
Links:
[1] http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/sp-to-monitor-non-profit-hospital-tech-spending/2008-05-14
[2] http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/preemption-debate-heats-up/2008-05-13
[3] http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/research-uses-of-emr-data-are-critical-official-says/2008-05-12
[4] http://www.fiercebioresearcher.com/story/embryo-engineering-breakthrough-triggers-criticism/2008-05-13
[5] http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080514/ap_en_mu/recording_registry;_ylt=AilCWQ5Mn7zeHRY.Iy1XWfCs0NUE