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Bernie Monegain

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

By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | October 17, 2008
The Health Alliance Plan has standardized, automated and streamlined its hospital provider contracting with new technology.The health plan purchased McKesson's Contract Symphony, a suite of c...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | October 16, 2008
Munson Healthcare is poised to streamline and automate its administrative processes, human resources and payroll functions with new technology. The not-for-profit regional network will deploy...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | October 15, 2008
"Be serious about the date." That's the advice of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service Acting Administrator Kerry Weems, when asked Tuesday about how CMS could help drive the c...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | October 14, 2008
The American Health Information Management Association leadership wants to be clear: Even though it will cost millions of dollars and the process is likely to be disruptive, U.S. healthcare must embra...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | October 13, 2008
The American Health Information Management Association's 80th Annual Convention and Exhibit opened Monday at the Washington State Convention Center with an emphasis on personalized medicine.T...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | October 07, 2008
With the first phase of Medicare's mandate for e-prescribing rolling out in January, healthcare IT leaders, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt, gathered Tuesday in Boston to ju...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | October 06, 2008
LONDON  - Financial analysts who track healthcare technology companies Misys and Allscripts say Misys should have no problem obtaining the $305 million it needs to complete the planned merger wit...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | October 06, 2008
Hospitals that successfully battle infection and save money in the process rely heavily on technology, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.The GAO research, ti...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | October 02, 2008
The Carolinas Healthcare System, a network that includes 23 hospitals throughout North and South Carolina, is rolling out technology to support its new telemonitoring program.The program is d...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | September 30, 2008
Medi-CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield, a not-for-profit healthcare insurer, has signed a three-year, multi-million dollar contract with Andover, Mass.-based technology company CGI Group for business p...