Bernie Monegain
Former Microsoft Health Solutions Group executive Peter Neupert will join Health Evolution Partners, a venture capital firm launched by former National Coordinator for Health IT David Brailer, MD, as an operating partner.
In three years, 157 hospitals participating in the Premier healthcare alliance's QUEST: High Performing Hospitals national collaborative have saved an estimated 24,820 lives and reduced healthcare spending by nearly $4.5 billion, according to Premier.
Newt Gingrich, the self-proclaimed "big ideas candidate," still in the running for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, has a history with Healthcare IT News.
It pays to be green. St. Charles Health System in Oregon cut its co-location power costs by 30 percent by leasing data storage space from a Tier III green disaster recovery center in its hometown. As a result of reduced data transport and co-location costs, St. Charles estimates a $7.1 million return on investment over a five-year period.
The chief of the cardiology department at 400-bed Boca Raton Regional Hospital in Florida has developed software for controlling heart devices remotely using an iPad, The hospital’s executives say the technology could revolutionize the way physicians reprogram pacemakers.
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, a seven-hospital, multi-campus health system in Memphis, Tenn., recently completed a CPOE implementation after two years of taking a “hard-and-fast” tack. Today, hospital officials boast 86 percent adoption across the system on the inpatient side and more than 96 percent across its emergency departments.
When the prestigious Institute of Medicine called for sweeping changes across healthcare to ensure health information technology is being used safely, the reaction from healthcare providers and policymakers was swift – and mostly positive.
We wish all our readers a happy, productive and prosperous 2012. As we ring in the New Year, we also usher in a new look, along with a new approach to news reporting. The idea is for Healthcare IT News to more closely reflect the excitement and challenges in the healthcare IT sector today.
The American Telemedicine Association has developed a legislative proposal to expand the use of telemedicine for Medicaid enrollees with high-risk pregnancies and neonatal care needs. The ATA says it could save Medicare $186 million over the next 10 years.
Thirty-four states will receive more than $30 million in funding from the Department of Agriculture to improve access to healthcare and educational services in rural areas.