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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 | July 18, 2007
Everyone involved in discussions about healthcare reform has to stop talking about who pays, Intel Chairman Craig Barrett told the audience at a chronic care summit on Tuesday. "We all pay in the long...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | July 12, 2007
A former IT manager for America's Health Insurance Plans has pled guilty to defrauding the not-for-profit industry organization of nearly $1 million. Dribjot S. Dua entered a guilty plea...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | June 20, 2007
Sutter Health has pumped $1 million into the California Regional Health Information Organization, known as CalRHIO. The grant is part of a multi-million-dollar commitment by the healthcare system to f...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | June 18, 2007
Healthcare IT standards organization HL7 released today a functional profile for the Legal Electronic Health Record System. HL7 leaders say the new profile will help healthcare organizations reduce co...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | April 11, 2007
Improving patient care and satisfaction are the top business issues facing executives at healthcare delivery systems across the country, according to the 18th annual HIMSS Leadership survey released t...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | March 16, 2007
Runaway healthcare costs will be right behind the war in Iraq as top issues voters will expect candidates for the 2008 election to address, according to healthcare market analysts at William Blair and...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | January 25, 2007
WASHINGTON – The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has launched the Ambulatory Safety and Quality Grant Initiative, with a potential for granting as much as $25.8 million for healthcare...