Health System

From the WSJ. In the latest salvo in the battle over cheaper, imported pharmaceuticals, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said he will set up a program to help state residents order prescription drugs from Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom through a Web site and toll-free phone number. The Illinois arrangement is more ambitious than Web sites offered by Minnesota and ...

Nearly half of L.A. county residents get almost no exercise Okay, you Active For Lifers, get busy!

The pharmaceutical industry has been taking a shellacking lately. Industry leaders complain like Rodney Dangerfields: They don’t get no respect, no respect at all.

(This article was provided to me by Lou Hoyos, VP- IT and Facilities, Eastern Division) In one of his first public speeches since being appointed last month by President Bush to increase the use of IT in health care, Dr. David Brailer said: he will have a strategic plan by July 21 for guiding the health-care industry toward an interoperable ...