> In a recent journal article, researchers argue that drug-coated stents cause 2,000 needless deaths per year. Editorial [1]
> Disease management company Healthways has agreed to acquire preventative-health firm Axia Health Management for $450 million. Article [2]
> The South Broward Hospital District, which operates the Hollywood, FL-based Memorial Healthcare System, is planning to buy Tenet Healthcare's 324-bed Hollywood Medical Center for $32 million. Article [3]
> Elsewhere in south Florida, Miami's Public Health Trust of Miami Dade County has agreed to purchase another Tenet hospital, 382-bed Parkway Regional Medical Center, for $35 million. Article [4]
And Finally... The psychiatric revolution will not be televised--or will it? Article [5]
Links:
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/12/health/12stent.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=login
[2] http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061012/BUSINESS01/610120362/1003
[3] http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/local/sfl-zhosp11oct11,0,2686012.story?coll=sfla-news-sfla&track=mostemailedlink
[4] http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-74934-m-61-sc-100-jackson_to_buy_parkway_hospital-i
[5] http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2006-10-09-telemedicine_x.htm?POE=TECISVA