Bernie Monegain, Editor
Bernie Monegain is the Editor of Healthcare IT News. Bernie covers hospitals and IDNs, industry trends and is responsible for overall coverage decisions.
PORTLAND, ME | Bernie Monegain | May 21, 2013 | 10:48 AM | Health Information Exchange (HIE), Privacy and Security, Policy and Legislation
Maine's HealthInfoNet, a nonprofit that operates the statewide health information exchange, announced that all acute care hospitals are now under contract to connect to the query-based HIE. HealthInfoNet has 34 of the 38 hospitals connected already and... More
IRVING, TX | Bernie Monegain | May 20, 2013 | 11:01 AM | Meaningful Use, Business Intelligence, Quality and Safety
VHA, a nationwide healthcare network of 1,400 not-for-profit healthcare organizations that work to boost clinical performance while reducing costs, has cut a deal with Phytel to help its members tackle population management. More
Bernie Monegain | May 17, 2013 | 11:01 AM | Electronic Health Records, Quality and Safety
Several organized physician groups are beta testing URAC's new clinical integration accreditation program standards. The independent standards organization created the new program to serve as a road map for health providers to achieve clinical... More
WASHINGTON | Bernie Monegain | May 16, 2013 | 09:20 AM | Quality and Safety, Policy and Legislation
Nearly $1 billion in new Health Care Innovation Awards from the Department of Health & Human Services will fund applicants that have a high likelihood of driving healthcare system transformation and delivering better outcomes. HHS Secretary Kathleen... More
ATLANTA | Bernie Monegain | May 15, 2013 | 10:09 AM | Workforce Management
Healthcare and technology jobs have the most appeal to Generation Y, according to the sixth annual Millennial Career Survey, published May 13 by the National Society of High School Scholars, an international honor society organization based in Atlanta. More
CHICAGO | Bernie Monegain | May 10, 2013 | 11:22 AM | Electronic Health Records, Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Allscripts announced bookings totalling $178 million and operating cash flow of $39 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013. Analysts say the company's turnaround will likely take longer and be more costly than company executives expected. More
AUSTIN, TX | Bernie Monegain | May 10, 2013 | 10:59 AM | Mobile/Wireless, Telehealth, Policy and Legislation
American Telemedicine Association President-Elect Ed Brown, MD is the founder and CEO of Ontario Telemedicine Network in Canada. Healthcare IT News caught up with him at the recent ATA conference in Austin, Texas, to talk with him about the state of... More
WASHINGTON | Bernie Monegain | May 9, 2013 | 10:26 AM | Quality and Safety, Policy and Legislation
An update to the Hospital Safety Score that assigns grades "A" through "F" to more than 2,500 hospitals in the United States shows they have made only incremental progress in addressing errors, accidents, injuries and infections that kill... More
AUSTIN, TX | Bernie Monegain | May 9, 2013 | 09:33 AM
Imagine if telemedicine had the same government support that EHRs have garnered. That's the steep and thorny path on which Ryan Spaulding took his audience during a public policy discussion May 8 at the American Telemedicine Association's annual... More
AUSTIN, TX | Bernie Monegain | May 7, 2013 | 22:52 PM | Mobile/Wireless, Telehealth
Nationwide Children's Hospital, in Columbus, Ohio, will expand healthcare access to more children via four HealthSpot Station units in and around the city. HealthSpot announced the pilot at the American Telemedicine Association's annual meeting this... More
Bernie Monegain | May 7, 2013 | 09:13 AM | Data Warehousing, Electronic Health Records, Quality and Safety
Charles Macias, MD, always believed in the power of data to make a difference in delivering high quality care to patients, but at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, where he serves as director of the Center for Clinical Effectiveness and Evidence-... More
ST LOUIS, MO | Bernie Monegain | May 3, 2013 | 10:19 AM | Electronic Health Records, Quality and Safety
Three hospitals and a clinic, all under the St. Louis, Mo.-based SSM Health Care umbrella, have achieved Stage 7 on the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model, signifying the top of the scale for health IT implementation and use. More
