> Walgreens will open 14 retail clinics in South Florida by early December, and it expects to roll out 400 more nationwide in 2008. Article [1]
> Kettering Health Network and Greene Health Partners, both based in the Dayton metro, have come together together in an affiliation agreement. Article [2]
> A new study suggests that the jury should remain out on what benefits EMRs can actually provide. FierceHealthIT
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> While their odds of success are essentially non-existent, community advocates are still arguing that Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital should be reopened. Article [4]
And Finally... Some physicians are testing out the use of (get this) hot peppers to reduce surgical pain. Article [5]
Links:
[1] http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2007/10/29/daily24.html?b=1193630400^1543017
[2] http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/10/29/daily9.html?b=1193630400^1542783
[3] http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/study-questions-remain-emr-benefits/2007-10-29
[4] http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-king31oct31,1,6077519.story?ctrack=8&cset=true
[5] http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071030/ap_on_he_me/healthbeat_peppers___pain;_ylt=AshRO9UK._nOovfGyQlOg_Ks0NUE