Hospitals; Fraud; Google; Microsoft

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• Hospital seeks to distance itself from senator in fraud probe - Boston.com
  Roger Williams Medical Center is trying to avoid becoming entangled in the legal troubles of former state Sen. John Celona, who was a consultant for the hospital and has pleaded guilty to selling his public office to it and other corporations.
  (tags: health_fraud ethics)
• Massachusetts moves ahead sans Microsoft | CNET News.com
  The commonwealth of Massachusetts has finalized its decision to standardize desktop applications on OpenDocument, a format not supported by Microsoft Office.
  (tags: free_culture open_document)
• Doctors Sentenced in $5 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
  Finding that doctor Jose A. Garrido had caused a loss to Medicare in the amount of $416,741 and losses to private insurance companies of $163,345, U.S. District Court Judge Adalberto Jordan sentenced Garrido to thirty-three (33) months in prison, followed
  (tags: health_fraud physicians)
• Google Sued
  Google wants to do nothing more to 20,000,000 books than it does to the Internet: it wants to index them, and it offers anyone in the index the right to opt out. If it is illegal to do that with 20,000,000 books, then why is it legal to do it with the Int
  (tags: google free_culture KM)
• Don’t get stuck on stupid
  Let’s not get stuck on the last storm. You’re asking last storm questions for people who are concerned about the future storm. Don’t get stuck on stupid, reporters.
  (tags: quotes disasters)
• Consequences of Health Trends and Medical Innovation for the Future Elderly
  Recent innovations in biomedicine seem poised to revolutionize medical practice. At the same time, disease and disability are increasing among younger populations. . . . It is unlikely that a “silver bullet” will emerge to both improve health and dram
  (tags: health_policy health_reform medicare)
• How Microsoft and Palm Got Together Over Software
  The details of the new relationship came as Microsoft and Palm unveiled a Windows version of Palm’s popular line of cellphone-organizers, the Treo, in a combined effort to capture a market that has eluded them both: corporate customers.
  (tags: PDA)