FAT BITCH

Millions of migrant workers stream through the United States each year, harvesting everything from California raisins to Alaska salmon. When they move, precious medical records are often left behind.

A growing number of Canadians are using the Internet to diagnose their own medical conditions, says a national survey by IBM.

An increasing number of health insurance plans are offering online options for accessing and completing applications, according to a survey by Forrester Research.

Irvine, Calif.-based Cardiomedics Inc. will market wireless cardiac monitoring technology developed by Orlando, Fla.-based Telzuit Medical Technologies Inc.

The American Health Information Community, the panel of government and private-sector executives seeking to accelerate deployment of electronic health records (EHRs), received a new task yesterday: using health IT to improve the nation’s responses to a disaster.