Bernie Monegain

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation has called on Congress to invest $30 billion on broadband, the smart electronic grid and healthcare information technology as a way to create as many as 949,000 jobs.

Four healthcare industry organizations are collaborating with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on a 5010 testing project of the new X12 HIPAA 5010 transactions.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has acquired Government Health IT magazine and its Web site, Webinars and educational conferences from 1105 Media Inc.

In his weekly address Saturday on American recovery and investment, President-elect Barack Obama kept healthcare IT and healthcare costs front and center.

A recent internal survey conducted by George Washington University Hospital shows employee satisfaction with hospital communication is up by 33 percent, thanks in part to new ways of communicating.

Editor Bernie Monegain interviews Holt Anderson, executive director of the North Carolina Healthcare Information & Communications Alliance, Inc.

The year 2009 may just be the turn of a calendar page for some, but to us here at Healthcare IT News the new year represents infinite possibility.

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association has tapped AT&T Business Solutions for a multi-million-dollar group of projects focused on networking and wireless applications.The association...