Baltimore Health Official to Lead District’s Health Department (Washington Post)
Baltimore Health Official to Lead District’s Health Department (Washington Post)
D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty today appointed Pierre Vigilance, who has led the Baltimore County Department of Health since 2005, as director of the District’s troubled Health Department.
Magellan Health Profit May Miss Views (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Magellan Health Services Inc., a health care management company, said Friday its 2008 earnings per share may miss Wall Street analysts’ estimates.
Google Previews Google Health (PC World via Yahoo! News)
Google shed more light on the health care service it is developing with several screenshots of what it will look like.
Health Highlights: Feb. 29, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
New EU Health Commissioner Nominated (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The European Commission said Friday that former Cypriot first lady Androula Vassiliou had been nominated to become the new EU commissioner in charge of health issues.
Google’s Rx for Health Data (BusinessWeek)
Its new site is a different approach to health-care data than Microsoft’s HealthVault service. Cooperation may be key to the success of both
Universal Health Shares Up on 4Q Profit (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of hospital operator Universal Health Services Inc. rose Friday after the company topped Wall Street’s fourth-quarter profit expectations and set 2008 guidance mostly above forecasts.
Poll: Broad Support for Requiring Health Coverage (NPR)
Morning Edition , February 29, 2008 A new poll on health care from NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health finds that a majority of Americans are backing key elements in the health reform proposals of Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Poll: Broad Support for Requiring Health Coverage (NPR)
A poll from NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health reveals Americans’ attitudes toward requiring that everyone have health coverage.
Prognosis is bright for Google’s health records plan (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
Google’s attempt to build a home for personal health records online could potentially make the ads more lucrative than Web search, a top equity analyst says.