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Bernie Monegain

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

By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | December 18, 2008
The American College of Physicians, a national organization of 126,000 internal medicine physicians, has called on Health and Human Services Secretary-designee Tom Daschle to provide physicians with m...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | December 03, 2008
Emdeon, which develops and markets revenue and payment cycle management technology for the healthcare industry, has unveiled the U.S. Healthcare Efficiency Index to monitor business efficiency in heal...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | December 01, 2008
The PACS software market, which is focusing now on smaller community hospitals, is a crowded and competitive space, says a new report from research firm KLAS.KLAS released the report Monday a...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | November 25, 2008
For the fifth consecutive year, Bridges to Excellence, which measures and rewards physicians for delivering high-quality care, will pay bonuses to doctors in Massachusetts. Rewards paid to da...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | November 20, 2008
Taking financial steps to bridge the gap between the "have and have-not" hospitals is critical to hospital viability, The Joint Commission asserted in a report released Thursday.Hos...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | November 18, 2008
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont, the largest health insurer in the stare, has saved nearly a half-million dollars by employing compensation management technology.BCBSVT employed VUE Com...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | November 11, 2008
The use of diagnostic imaging tests is rising rapidly and contributing to the increasing cost of healthcare, concludes a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | November 11, 2008
The campaign is done, and the pressure to reform healthcare has begun, with an emphasis on information technology and on health insurance for children.A group of organizations that includes t...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | November 07, 2008
athenahealth, which focuses on helping physician practices handle the business side of the house, has recorded a 35 percent increase in revenue for the third quarter.Total revenue for the thr...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | November 03, 2008
A new application released by Google Health is designed to help users find assistance programs for their prescription medications online using PatientAssistance.com.PatientAssistance.com, Inc...