Bernie Monegain
Information technology and the ability to share health information are key to transforming the broken - and costly - U.S. healthcare system to one that keeps costs down by putting the patient and well...
The Premier healthcare alliance, which lists 2,000 hospitals across the country as members, says the type of quality reporting that requires proprietary information, tools or methodology is too expens...
Aetna ranks No. 1 in business dealings with physicians, according to athenahealth's PayerView rankings. Among other performance criteria that put Aetna in the top spot, athenahealth found tha...
Health Evolution Partners, the investment management firm founded by the nation's former national healthcare information technology chief, has made its first investment - an undisclosed amount - in e-...
HealthEdge, a software company that develops and markets technology for healthcare payers, has received $13 million in venture capital. Company officials say they will use the money to improve their p...
The use of information technology is the focus of a foundation formed by The Regence Group, which will fund $2.5 million in healthcare projects in its first year and $4 million per year thereafter....
Nuance Communications, Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire Boston-based eScription, a medical transcription technology company. The deal, which is expected to close in Nuance's fiscal third quarte...
The United Health Foundation and drug manufacturer Pfizer have each awarded $50,000 unrestricted grants to the American College of Physicians. ACP officials say they will use the money to develop phys...
It's not just about information technology or the cost of delivering care, but those two factors play a role in a complex formula that technology company Thompson Healthcare uses to measure the top 10...
Five leading physician organizations have launched an e-prescribing push called "Get Connected" that aims at reducing billions of dollars in phone bills. T...