ALSO NOTED: Another med mal insurer offers EMR discount; VA offers health data accessibility grants; and much more...

> Another malpractice insurer has begun offering premium credits to physicians who use EMRs, saying that research supports the notion that they provide safer care. Article (reg. req.)

> Virginia's governor has awarded two $150,000 health IT grants, one intended to help physicians to access best practice information and the other to open access to patient medication histories. Article

> Vendors GE Healthcare and CenTrack have jointly developed a predominantly battery-operated RFID tracking system. Article

> Retail clinic operator Clinic Management Corp. of America has agreed to use a practice management/EMR system from MedcomSoft Inc. in its 41 new retail clinics. Article

And Finally... This hospital didn't pay for its MRI...it won it with a two-minute video clip. Article