> Microsoft has won a $36 million contract to upgrade Australia's e-health infrastructure and build a platform for the country's electronic medical record system. Article [1]
> Guidant's first trial over one of its faulty defibrillators has been postponed. Article [2]
> Johns Hopkins said it is removing its name from a product made by a skin care care company. Article [3]
> Abbott Laboratories CEO Miles White talks with The Wall Street Journal about his company's plans to acquire Guidant's stent business. Video [4]
> Ah, politics. With New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer a leading candidate in the governor's race, his opponent is attacking his record fighting Medicaid fraud. Article [5]
> The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and IBM announced they will launch a clinical trials portal that will help physicians and patients find experimental treatments. Article [6]
> The FBI said it is investigating the transplant program at troubled University of California Irvine Medical Center. Article [7]
> Health Affairs has a series of articles out showing that community initiatives to solve the uninsurance problem don't work too well. Release [8]
> Swedish construction group Skanska scores a $1.7 billion contract to St. Bartholomew's Hospital and The Royal London Hospital in the U.K. Article [9]
And Finally... Do non-profit hospitals have any business running for-profit subsidiaries? The Cleveland Plain Dealer wonders if the parking garage at the Cleveland Clinic is a betrayal of the public trust. Article [10]
Links:
[1] http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18774013%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/11/business/11guidant.html
[3] http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/3785309.html
[4] http://online.wsj.com/public/page/0,,8_0000-NHb3PnctBIayyFpmJgN_9kpuJIwfl_qV-l7FESEjGIfdDHzqYZC1ymoAbqknl6xIY,00.html?mod=ARTICLE_VIDEO
[5] http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/11/nyregion/11fraud.html
[6] http://www.technologyreview.com/InfoTech-Search/wtr_16674,308,p1.html
[7] http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-uci9apr09,1,1434860.story
[8] http://www.healthaffairs.org/press/marapr0606.htm
[9] http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/3778390.html
[10] http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1144572022146370.xml&coll=2