ALSO NOTED: Senate pushes e-prescribing, too; Study says implanted medical history chips could save hundreds per ED patient; an

> Senate lawmakers say they're going to put their own provisions into place designed to encourage Medicare physicians to adopt e-prescribing. Article

> A new study (admittedly, cited by a vendor who sells such chips) suggests the implanting chips in patients that provide access to their medical histories could save hundreds of dollars per patient in the emergency department. Article

> Over at The Candid CIO, Will Weider of Ministry Health Care shares his thoughts on Leapfrog's CPOE test--and questions how many hospital will actually adopt Leapfrog-compliant CPOE by 2009. Blog

> For some reason, women surveyed in a recent study were much more concerned about the use of health IT than their male counterparts, arguing that technology allowing for sharing of clinical data is extremely important. Article

And Finally...  Stealing cars is tricky enough--so how on earth did this particular guy manage to make off with five of them? Article

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