> You know things are bad in the U.S. economy when drugmaker Johnson & Johnson is struggling. The pharma saw its first revenue decline in 76 years for the fourth quarter of 2008. FiercePharma
> A new study concludes that financial issues were a top concern for hospital CEOs during 2008, even more than the year before. FierceHealthFinance
> Medicare is launching a personal health record project in Arizona and Utah, following an initial foray in South Carolina. FierceHealthIT
> Federal regulators looking into problems within U.C. Irvine Medical Center's anesthesiology department have threatened to remove the hospital's ability to accept Medicare funding after finding dozens of additional problems within the facility. Article
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