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Bernie Monegain

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

By Bernie Monegain | 09:52 am | February 03, 2016
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Mercy Health has saved more than $42 million on drugs since 2010 by building a formulary within its electronic health record platform.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:00 am | January 20, 2016
Thirty-five percent more people than last year have enrolled for their employer-sponsored healthcare benefits on private online marketplaces, according to a new report from global consulting and technology firm Accenture.
By Bernie Monegain | 03:55 pm | January 18, 2016
Venture capital funding for health information technology totaled $4.6 billion in 574 deals in 2015, according to Mercom Capital Group, a global communications and consulting firm that keeps tabs on VC investments.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:13 am | January 15, 2016
Pharmacy giant CVS Health announced Thursday it has forged clinical partnerships with another four healthcare systems across the country: John Muir Health in California; University of Chicago Medical Center in Illinois; Novant Health, serving the Winston-Salem area in North Carolina; and University of Michigan Health System.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:47 am | January 11, 2016
UPMC on Monday said it will partner with Health Catalyst to take on the rising cost of healthcare by commercializing the healthcare system's cost management technology.
By Bernie Monegain | 09:37 am | January 04, 2016
The Commonwealth Fund has released its 2015 scorecard measuring the performance of health systems state by state, showing many regions are improving on key metrics.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:58 am | December 22, 2015
Paul DePodesta, the man who brought 'Moneyball' to Major League Baseball, just joined Scripps Translational Science Institute, where he will use his data-analyzing prowess to hopefully transform medicine.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:38 am | December 21, 2015
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, one of the pioneers in building its own software systems, announced it would switch to an Epic electronic health record in November 2017, having weighed the merits of both Epic and Cerner, the hospital announced on Friday.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:18 am | December 15, 2015
In 2013, the electronic protected health information of about 90,000 individuals was accessed after an employee downloaded an email attachment that contained malicious malware.
By Bernie Monegain | 09:06 am | December 07, 2015
A new survey from HealthITJobs.com shows that health IT workers are in high demand, and many -- especially those with "executive" in their title -- command top dollar.