Memphis RHIO imperiled

Vanderbilt informatics professor Mark Frisse is a key source in the Kaiser Health News report on the uncertainty facing the MidSouth e-Health Alliance, the RHIO centered on Memphis, which has the past three-plus years had strong support from Gov. Phil Bredesen and deep involvement by Vanderbilt informatics experts.

Newsbits Feb. 2

Bartlett firm does land-office business in 3-D viewers. ...VU's Frisse cautions against irrational exhuberance in Health IT spending surge. ...TVA invites offers to run, maintain, develop or buy three large windmills that formed the first commercial wind farm in the Southeast. ...SEC's Sarbanes-Oxley cost-benefit analysis input ended Saturday. ...TVA loan supports development at East Tennessee Technology Park. ...Oak Ridge Associated Universities unveiled their new science education center.