Bernie Monegain

The Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday the creation of the Office of Recovery Act Coordination to help ensure the timely, organized and transparent distribution of economic stimulus funds managed by HHS.

Health information technology programs implemented in New York could serve as models for new federal initiatives, according to Weill Cornell Medical College researchers.

IBM researchers are testing a 3-D version of an electronic patient record, complete with avatar, at Thy-Mors Hospital in northern Denmark.

Actor Dennis Quaid, who is slated as one of the keynote speakers at HIMSS09, the annual conference of the Healthcare Information and Management Society, is scheduled to appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Tuesday to talk about medical errors.

The healthcare IT consulting market, once dominated by large, full-service firms, today includes many smaller but high-performing boutique practices that offer specialized services, according to a new report from healthcare research firm KLAS.

The gains derived from deploying healthcare IT could be dramatic, but difficult to achieve, say experts in the March/April issue of Health Affairs.

Janet Marchibroda, who has served as chief executive of the eHealth Initiative since its founding in 2001, is moving to IBM to take a position as chief healthcare officer.

A University of Iowa physician and operations expert has put the university's electronic medical record system to work on boosting efficiencies in the operating room and in scheduling patients for anesthesia.

Americans are pressing for action now on healthcare reform, according to a report released Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Hidalgo, a U.K.-based technology company, is providing the Catlin Arctic Survey expedition team with the Equivital body-worn physiological monitoring system.