Bernie Monegain
Eastern Maine Medical Center, the 2008 winner of the Davies Award that recognizes excellence in use of information technology, has joined the ranks of hospitals coping with tough economic times. Hospital officials say they will cut 76 jobs, reduce overtime and put several projects on hold.
Patients at Texas hospitals that have automated some of their health information systems appear to have fewer complications, lower death rates and reduced costs, according to a report in the Jan. 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Universal healthcare tops the list of 11 healthcare reform priorities being advocated by the American Medical Group Association as the new administration and Congress start promised work on healthcare reform.
Don't overemphasize traditional electronic medical records as the answer to transforming healthcare, cautions the head of the Center for Connected Health.
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has urged President Obama to make universal healthcare his biggest priority, second only to rescuing the economy.
United HealthGroup and Aetna have agreed to pay millions of dollars to members who were scammed in what New York investigators called a "rigged" billing system.
Thousands of lives - and an estimated $400 billion in healthcare spending - could be saved by putting healthcare information technology to work and adopting best practices, said former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, the founder of the Center for Health Transformation.
United HealthGroup has agreed to a $50 million settlement following an investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo into charges that the insurer overcharged its members millions of dollars...
Integration capability weighs heavily on hospital executives replacing legacy lab systems and revenue management technology, according to two new reports from research firm KLAS.Seventeen per...
President-elect Barack Obama once again turned his focus on healthcare and technology over the weekend as he addressed the nation on the topic of unemployment in his weekly radio address, promising to...