But the size of the North Shore program appears to be in a class by itself, according to industry analysts and executives.
The North Shore program is to carry strong incentives to use the electronic-record technology to try improving the health outcomes for patients — like managing diabetes, heart disease and other chronic conditions — to reduce costly hospital admissions.
Holland America has started a Ship to Shore program in which reusable goods (linens, individually sized toiletries, dishes, mattresses) are donated to charities, as well as an Avoiding Whale Strikes program in which crews learn to assist in the recovery and ensure the safety of all whale species.
Your article ("Mental Patients in Shore Towns Are Moving to New Homes," May 3) about the Shore-EASY program, which closed boarding houses inhabited by former mental patients and relocated them, applauds its success.
Students completed "Ship to Shore," a program designed specifically for this research.
"The North Shore-L.I.J. program is larger than other programs," said Wes Rishel, a health technology expert at Gartner.
Recent advances in the off-shore radiotracing program in the Asia Pacific region are described with examples from the Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong and Australia.
Each year, a select cohort of undergraduate and graduate scholars, pursuing promising independent research, may apply to become a part of the Seymour H. Shore Scholarship Program in Jewish Studies.
But given the growing threat of terrorist forces getting their hands on more and more sophisticated rockets, with greater ranges and the ability to carry chemical or biological warheads, and given that North Korea and Iran will in the not too distant future have ballistic missiles capable of reaching U.S. shores, a crash program should be of the highest priority.
The steps are aimed at shoring up a program that has cost the state billions of dollars, and not always with appreciable results.
He said he would devote $339 billion to shoring up the program during the next decade and adding a new prescription drug benefit for all Medicare beneficiaries.
