Bernie Monegain

The country's community pharmacists are calling on the government to strengthen e-prescribing requirements, arguing the standards are too low.

The American Academy of Family Physicians wants changes made to the government's proposed meaningful use regulations to help small and medium-sized practices become eligible for government incentives designed to spur the use of healthcare information technology.

The Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) North America Connectathon, in its 11th year, is showing how to get interoperability done right.

AMN Healthcare has launched a new corporate brand identity to better spotlight its position in the healthcare staffing and management services industry.

Information technology is playing a pivotal role in the work on the ground in earthquake-ravaged Haiti as Boston-based Partners in Health tends to the sick and the maimed.

Summa Physicians, a multi-specialty physician organization and part of the Summa Health System in Ohio, will roll out electronic medical record systems to its 223 physicians serving 33 specialties.

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has filed a lawsuit against Health Net of Connecticut, alleging the company failed to secure patient medical records and financial information prior to a security breach.

Sharp HealthCare's William A. Spooner credited his IT team Wednesday with helping him win CIO of the Year honors.

Banner Health is using new technology to combat one of the leading killers in hospitals today - a life-threatening condition caused by a bloodstream infection.

The Premier healthcare alliance's QUEST: High Performing Hospitals program, which includes nearly 200 not-for profit hospitals in 34 states across the country, is using rigorous measures to spur hospitals to new levels of performance.