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.
Bernie Monegain | April 15, 2013 | 00:00 AM | Privacy and Security, Quality and Safety
Analysts pronounced health IT company Cerner's pending acquisition of PureWellness a healthy step for Cerner - one that gives it a $420 million opportunity out of the gate, serves as a driver of new bookings and differentiates the company in the... More
Bernie Monegain | April 15, 2013 | 00:00 AM | Quality and Safety
Premier healthcare alliance members and executives traveled to Capitol Hill last month to let lawmakers know what the alliance's member hospitals have been doing to help transform care across the country. More
Bernie Monegain | April 15, 2013 | 00:00 AM | Data Warehousing, Enterprise Content Management, Quality and Safety
Deloitte, which bills itself as the world's largest health consultancy, and Intermountain Healthcare, known around the world for its pioneering work in healthcare informatics, are teaming up to help transform healthcare. More
Bernie Monegain | April 15, 2013 | 00:00 AM | Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records, Policy and Legislation
There was no shortage of big news made - or announced - at the 2013 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition in New Orleans last month. Also, to capture the imagination, was a star-studded slate of keynote speakers - not Hollywood celebrities, but... More
Bernie Monegain | April 15, 2013 | 00:00 AM | Workforce Management
A significant and growing shortage of health information technology workers appears greater than previously estimated, according to new analysis by PwC's Health Research Institute. The report, "Solving the Talent Equation for Health IT," finds... More
WASHINGTON | Bernie Monegain | April 12, 2013 | 11:26 AM | Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records
Citing the crush of an increasing workload and dwindling government funding, the Office of the National Coordinator has proposed a health IT user fee that would be imposed on health IT vendors who certify their products through the ONC Health IT Certification... More
CHICAGO | Bernie Monegain | April 11, 2013 | 08:54 AM | Electronic Health Records, Health Information Exchange (HIE), Quality and Safety
The clinics of NorthShore University HealthSystem are the first to reach Stage 7 on the new HIMSS Analytics Ambulatory EMR Adoption Model, patterned after HIMSS Analytics' model for hospitals, which has been in use since 2005. More
Bernie Monegain | April 10, 2013 | 09:55 AM | Electronic Health Records, Quality and Safety, Workforce Management
Healthcare insurer UnitedHealth Group has awarded On Lok Lifeways a $897,240 grant to help strengthen its health information technology system and delivery of care to San Francisco Bay area seniors through EMR initiatives. The grant is part of $5.2 million... More
OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL | Bernie Monegain | April 9, 2013 | 08:01 AM | Data Warehousing, Quality and Safety
The constant beeping of alarms and an overabundance of information transmitted by medical devices such as ventilators, blood pressure monitors and ECG machines is creating "alarm fatigue" that puts hospital patients at serious risk, according to a... More
HARTFORD, CT | Bernie Monegain | April 4, 2013 | 16:58 PM | Electronic Health Records, Mobile/Wireless, Quality and Safety
In the new world of healthcare -- one that is focused on collaboration, accountability, providing better care and cutting costs -- Aetna executives view the insurer's newly minted Healthagen division, unveiled last month at HIMSS13, as an indispensible... More
TAMPA, FL | Bernie Monegain | April 4, 2013 | 09:32 AM | Electronic Health Records, Quality and Safety
Florida Hospital Carrollwood, an Adventist Health System facility, has received the Stage 7 award from HIMSS Analytics. The award represents attainment of the highest level on the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model, which is used to... More
DENVER | Bernie Monegain | April 3, 2013 | 09:55 AM | Workforce Management, Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
TriZetto Corporation expects to create as many as 750 new jobs over five years, the healthcare technology company announced April 2 during the opening ceremony for its new worldwide company headquarters in Colorado. More
