> CDC awarded BearingPoint a $9.8 million contract to support the National Center for Public Health Informatics, a unit of the CDC. Release
> HHS released version 2 of its Family Health Portrait system. The Web-based system allows users to create a record of their family health history, a process which can pinpoint potential problems. Web site
> The political fight in Washington over pay-for-performance continues; patient activists are protesting physician and patient "profiling." Hmmm. Release
> Are hospital CEO blogs becoming the next big thing? Blog
> Optio Healthcare Solutions said it will provide electronic health record and forms automation software to HomeTown Health, a network of 48 rural hospitals in Georgia. Article
> ProxyMed says from now on we should call it MedAvant. OK. Web site
> Chutes & Ladders: Bearing Point has named Joni Kahn head of Technology Solutions. Release
And Finally... Is having a child environmentally destructive? The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement thinks so. Article