Bernie Monegain

The government’s piece of the stimulus package designed to encourage the adoption and use of healthcare information technology is expect- ed to create 50,000 new jobs – maybe more.

The government's piece of the stimulus package aimed at boosting the adoption and use of healthcare information technology is expected to create 50,000 new jobs – maybe more.

The head of a New York-based healthcare market research firm says physicians who might have spent four hours a week online in 2004 are now spending at least eight hours in front of a computer.

Patient engagement is the secret to better health - and the Internet is making that easy, says Joseph Kvedar, MD.

Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta is employing technology to help manage its emergency department in anticipation of a surge of H1N1 flu cases this fall.

Rutland Regional Medical Center and GE Healthcare executives say they will highlight best practices to create a national blueprint for improved quality and efficiency.

Surescripts will adopt a new version of a technical standard that's recommended by federal regulators as part of a $19 billion incentive program to encourage greater use of electronic health records.

At about the same time the Senate Finance Committee voted 14-9 Tuesday to approve its healthcare reform bill, Medical Group Management Association Presidnet and CEO William F. Jessee, MD, took the stage in Denver to urge his audience to do their part to fix the nation's troubled healthcare system.

A physician might qualify for $44,000 in government incentives for meaningful use of an electronic health record – but "if you have a system that's a disaster, who cares?"

The uptake of electronic health records among physician practices could stall as physicians face yet another threat of cuts in Medicare reimbursement, said William F. Jessee, MD, CEO of the Medical Group Management Association.