> Indiana University health informatics specialist Dr. Michael Weiner has been named been named director of the IU Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research; director of the Regenstrief Institute's Health Services Research Program; and director of the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence on Implementing Evidence-Based Practice. Press release

> The eHealth Initiative has made permanent the appointment of Jennifer Covich BorIdenick as CEO. Press release

> Betty Otter-Nickerson is the new president of Sage North America's healthcare division, effective Feb. 8. News brief

> For the first time in company history, Cerner has a chief operating officer, former U.S. General Manager Michael Valentine. News brief

> Cerner also will build a 58-acre office park in Wyandotte County, Kan., adjacent to a new soccer stadium. Article

> Athenahealth is Boston Business Journal's "Business of the Decade." Press release

> Payers will be focusing on "information management business models" this year. according to one research report, among other IT priorities that include business intelligence and document management. FierceHealthFinance

> The TriZetto Group chief Jeff Margolis is bullish on two types of evidence-based medicine, and, despite previous setbacks, payer-populated PHRs. Podcast

And Finally... Speaking of soccer, this is not what David Beckham had in mind when he agreed to an interview in Italy. Article