Saturday, May 2, 2009

Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News

KidCare, doctors win; lawyers lose

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By Christine Jordan Sexton and Carol Gentry
5/1/2009 © Health News Florida
Children's advocates  celebrated Friday afternoon after the House unearthed the KidCare bill, passed it unanimously and sent it to the governor for signature. A bit later, doctors and dentists defeated the state's largest insurer in a pay issue. And finally, as the Times/Herald bureau reports, the business lobby defeated lawyers on workers' compensation.

FL has 2 cases, 'health emergency'

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 5/1/2009  © Health News Florida
Florida's Secretary of Health, Dr. Ana Viamonte Ros, has declared a public health emergency following confirmation of the first two Florida cases of swine flu. The patients are an 11-year-old boy in Lee County and a 17-year-old high school student in Broward County.

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