NYT sounds a word of warning for companies recently taken private (like Dollar General, Central Parking, Direct General and HCA, locally): If your buyers think they can make a graceful profit by taking the business public once more in a few years, they could find the IPO process more like a rush to the fire exit

THA Solutions Group, the for-profit arm of the Tennessee Hospital Association, gives its endorsement to Franklin revenue-cycle management firm nTelagent

VUMC makes list of “most wired hospitals”

Entertaining story about HCA hospital in Miami and its troubles with aging doctor — 69-year-old heart surgeon with “memory lapses,” which are apparently worsening, insists he still fit for duty and remains quick with the legal threats

And finally, good news for people who hate interacting with other human beings: Franklin-based IHL Consulting Group predicts that by 2011, Americans will conduct more than $1.3 trillion worth of transactions at self-service devices such as self-checkout lanes and ticketing kiosks