California's New Health Information Exchange Hires CEO
California Healthline - 7/6/10 - Cal eConnect, the new organization overseeing California's metamorphosis from paper-based to electronic health care, has hired a CEO -- Carladenise Edwards.
Despite shortages, nurses not finding work as quickly
Los Angeles Daily News - 7/5/10 - As a nursing student, Courtney Hansen trained for the unexpected. Now a nursing graduate, the training has come in handy: Unexpectedly, Hansen is finding it tough to find a nursing job.
Taking Medical Jargon Out of Doctors' Visits
Wall Street Journal - 7/6/10 - When it comes to understanding medical information, even the most sophisticated patient may not be smarter than a fifth grader.
Health care reform may spur more office wellness programs
Modesto Bee - 7/6/10 - It is lunchtime, and dozens of workers at University of Miami's medical campus are running on treadmills, stretching in yoga classes and lifting weights in an on-site gym the size of a football field. Anne Auguste emerges from a spinning class drenched in sweat and proclaiming she feels energized.
FDA has no firm rules on deciding medications' safety
Monterey County Herald - 7/4/10 - The arthritis pill Vioxx was withdrawn but menopause hormones were not, though both were tied to heart risks. A multiple sclerosis medicine was pulled and later allowed back on.