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

> 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

> 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

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

> 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

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

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

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

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