ALSO NOTED: Florida introduces online emergency system; Tenet wins approval for SC hospital; and much more...

> The Financial Times reports that the heads of GM, Ford and Chrysler have been unsuccessfully attempting to arrange a meeting with President Bush since before the last election. Article [1]

> FierceHealthcare editor Matthew Holt was at the fabled PARC Research Center last week to deliver a talk on "Healthcare, IT and why your doc may be stuck in the 90s...the 1890s."  Article [2]

> Florida introduced an Internet-based communications system designed to let hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities stay in touch with state officials in the event of a storm or other natural disaster. Article [3]

> Hospitals in Toronto, which endured the 2003 SARS crisis, have announced plans to stockpile Tamiflu for employees. Article [4]

> Florida healthcare chief Alan Levine has applied for a job managing the North Broward Hospital District, the area where Gov. Jeb Bush's Medicaid experiment is taking place. Article [5]

> Tenet Healthcare has won approval for a new $125 million 100-bed facility in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Article [6]

> BlueGate has signed a healthcare IT contract with Diabetes Centers of America. Release [7]

> North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System will implement the Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager. Release [8]

And Finally... In India striking government doctors have agreed to go back to work after nearly three weeks off the job. Article [9]