ALSO NOTED: Mass. General, Brigham and Women's post profits; Westchester Medical Center turns things around; and much more...

> Partners Healthcare said Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's Hospital posted sharp jumps in profit this year. Article

> New York's Westchester Medical Center says it has turned a surplus after years of struggling. Article

> Police in Ohio say a man was able to hack his way onto unsecured wireless networks and steal the information he needed to forge prescriptions. Article

> Florida passed legislation backed by Gov. Jeb Bush (R) that will move Medicaid patients in some areas of the state to managed care plans. Article

> A key administrative position at UC-Irvine designed to improve oversight of the medical school's program has been vacant since the person who held the job quit two years ago. Article

> HIV-positive Christine Maggiore's three-year-old daughter died of AIDS in September after Maggiore refused treatment for her daughter's illness. She has become a spokeswoman for those who do not believe that HIV causes AIDS. Article

And Finally... Charles Cullen, the male nurse convicted of a brutal series of murders at hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, says he wants to donate a kidney to atone for his sins. Article