> 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]
Links:
[1] http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13071458/
[2] http://www.parc.com/events/forum/archive.php
[3] http://www.palmbeachpost.com/search/content/business/epaper/2006/05/31/a8d_hurricanehelp_0531.html
[4] http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2006/05/31/1608183-cp.html
[5] http://www.sptimes.com/2006/06/01/State/Bush_aide_puts_toe_in.shtml
[6] http://www.heraldonline.com/109/story/3123.html
[7] http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060531/20060531005098.html?.v=2
[8] http://www.eclipsys.com/News/PressReleases/06-5-31%20North%20Shore-Long%20Island%20Jewish%20Health%20System%20to%20Implement%20Eclipsys%20Sunrise%20Clinical%20Manager.asp
[9] http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/14707938.htm