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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 | September 23, 2008
The State Alliance for e-Health, made up of governors and state officials from across the country, is calling on states to support e-prescribing and address medical privacy and security issues in orde...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | September 22, 2008
Eclipsys Corp. based in Atlanta will acquire Medinotes, a privately-held physician software company based in Des Moines, Iowa. The announcement, made over the weekend at the 6th Annual Busine...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | September 19, 2008
Though a relaxation of the so-called Stark law was expected to spur hospitals to help physicians buy electronic medical records, a new study finds hospitals are moving slowly and cautiously on that sc...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | September 18, 2008
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 with Allscripts....
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | September 05, 2008
Some of the country's top CEOs identified reducing healthcare costs among their top legislative priorities Thursday as they called on Congress and the president to take care of "unfinished busine...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | September 04, 2008
Eleven more communities will join the 14 designated by the government as Chartered Value Exchanges - healthcare collaborations focused on improved care and making quality and price information widely...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | August 28, 2008
VHA Inc., a nationwide alliance of hospitals, has entered into an agreement with Dallas-based research firm MD Buyline to provide VHA's 1,400 member hospitals access to expert analysts and reports on...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | August 22, 2008
State Medicaid programs are poised to spend as much as $380 billion on information technology in the coming year, according to a new report from business consulting firm INPUT.Contracts are e...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | August 20, 2008
The Medical Group Management Association, which represents 21,500 members, says the government's proposed Oct 1, 2011 deadline for the healthcare industry to convert from ICD-9 code sets to ICD-10 is...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | August 19, 2008
Electronic health records and staffing shortages are on the minds of hospital executives, physicians and nurses, according to a recent poll conducted by healthcare technology company Picis.Pi...