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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 | August 14, 2007
The nation's hospitals are eligible to apply for shares of $25 million in grants the Department of Health and Human Services will award for improvements to emergency care. H...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | August 14, 2007
Worldwide information technology outsourcing firm Perot Systems plans to acquire J.J. Wild, Inc. for $89 million. Canton, Mass.-based J.J. Wild is the preferred provider of integrated healthcare deliv...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | August 09, 2007
Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson estimates his plan for universal healthcare could save the government $110 billion a year. The cost of his plan, he said, would be between $104 billio...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | August 07, 2007
Senate legislation introduced August 3 calls for an overhaul of the $400 million program charged with ensuring the quality and efficiency of Medicare services. Sens. Chuck Gr...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | July 26, 2007
A bipartisan panel appointed by President Bush is calling for an overhaul of how the country cares for its wounded war veterans. The cost: $500 million a year for now, and as much as $1 billion a year...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 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 | 01:00 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 | 01:00 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 | 01:00 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 | 01:00 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...