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Bernie Monegain

Bernie is the Editor of Healthcare IT News. Follow Bernie on Twitter @Bernie_HITN.

By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | December 26, 2007
Blue Shield of California Foundation has granted $6 million to nonprofits statewide. The funding supports expanding access to care and coverage, boosts financing for the state's school health centers...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | November 20, 2007
BOSTON – Provider-to-provider telehealth technologies could save healthcare as much as $4.28 billion a year, new research shows. In findings released last month, The Center for In...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | November 13, 2007
Health plans need to do more to inform their members on a number of healthcare topics and do a better job alerting patients and doctors on needed cancer screenings, a new national survey concludes....
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | November 13, 2007
BOSTON - Provider-to-provider telehealth technologies could save healthcare as much as $4.28 billion year, new research shows. The Center for Information T...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | September 10, 2007
Three months after launching Health Evolution Partners, a private equity firm focused on healthcare investments, David Brailer, MD, and his partners are ready to spend some money. Brailer detailed the...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | August 14, 2007
The nation's hospitals are eligible to apply for shares of $25 million in grants the Department of Health and Human Services will award for improvements to emergency care. H...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | August 14, 2007
Worldwide information technology outsourcing firm Perot Systems plans to acquire J.J. Wild, Inc. for $89 million. Canton, Mass.-based J.J. Wild is the preferred provider of integrated healthcare deliv...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | August 09, 2007
Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson estimates his plan for universal healthcare could save the government $110 billion a year. The cost of his plan, he said, would be between $104 billio...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | August 07, 2007
Senate legislation introduced August 3 calls for an overhaul of the $400 million program charged with ensuring the quality and efficiency of Medicare services. Sens. Chuck Gr...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | July 26, 2007
A bipartisan panel appointed by President Bush is calling for an overhaul of how the country cares for its wounded war veterans. The cost: $500 million a year for now, and as much as $1 billion a year...