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![Ken Congdon, Editor In Chief of Health IT Outcomes]( "Is Technology To Blame For Physician Burnout?")
Is Technology To Blame For Physician Burnout?According to a recent Medscape survey, 46% of physicians say they are burned out. How much is the drive towards health IT adoption contributing to this epidemic?
Will Robots Replace Healthcare Providers?
Automation has been making human workers superfluous for centuries, but until recently, workers whose jobs required high-level cognitive skills have been able to rest easy, confident no machine could possibly replace them when it came to making nuanced decisions based on the evaluation of complicated, sometimes contradictory data. By Khal Rai, Senior Vice President, Product Development & Operations, SRS Health
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![Robotic Systems For Food Safety]( "Will Robots Redesign Healthcare Policy?")
Will Robots Redesign Healthcare Policy?How robotics has the power to transform healthcare. By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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![Field Service Report]( "Cybersecurity Report Shows 320% Increase In Hacking Attacks In 2016")
Cybersecurity Report Shows 320% Increase In Hacking Attacks In 2016Ransomware is now a prominent threat to hospitals. By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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![Encryption For Backup]( "25% Of Healthcare Organizations Don't Encrypt Patient Data In The Cloud")
25% Of Healthcare Organizations Don't Encrypt Patient Data In The CloudCloud encryption alone is not enough; it must be paired with tougher regulation. By Christine Kern, contributing writer
HIMSS14 NEWS
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Labcorp And Epic Expand Collaboration To Advance Diagnostic Integration Across Hospitals And Health Systems5/12/2026
Labcorp (NYSE: LH), a global leader of innovative and comprehensive laboratory services, today announced an expanded collaboration with Epic, the nation's leading electronic health record (EHR) supporting hospitals and health systems.
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Bayesian Health Receives First-Ever FDA Clearance For Continuous AI Sepsis Monitoring5/12/2026
Bayesian Health today announced that its sepsis flagging device has received FDA 510(k) clearance—the first continuous AI sepsis monitor ever to do so.
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Infinitus Introduces The First Solution To Evaluate Every Healthcare Interaction Led By AI Or Humans5/7/2026
Today, Infinitus Systems, Inc., healthcare's leading agentic communications partner powering more than 100 million minutes of conversations, announced the launch of Lens, a first-of-its-kind conversation insight engine within the Infinitus platform designed to provide evaluation of and insight into every healthcare interaction across both AI agents and human teams.
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Med Tech Solutions Acquires Avarion, Strengthening Its Role As A Managed Service Provider Across The Full Care Continuum5/6/2026
Med Tech Solutions (MTS), a leading provider of managed healthcare IT services, today announced the acquisition of Avarion, a two-time Best in KLAS HIT Advisory firm serving hospitals, health systems, and care networks.
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Verana Health Transforms Site Selection And Patient Enrollment In Clinical Trials5/5/2026
Verana Health®, a digital health company dedicated to revolutionizing patient care and clinical research through real-world data (RWD), has announced new functionality within its Site Explorer and Verana Trial Connect (VTC) applications providing end-to-end support and transparency for the entire site selection and patient enrollment process.
VIDEOS FROM HIMSS14
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Data Science Is Becoming Increasingly Automated — And That's Good News For Healthcare12/15/2015
Big Data is playing an increasing role in healthcare, promising lower costs, enhanced diagnoses, and improved doctor-patient matches. To get to the next level, two sea changes — access to medical information and intelligent data solutions — need to accelerate. By Scott Howser, SVP Products, Nutonian
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HIPAA 5010, ICD-10, HITECH/ARRA: Healthcare's Acronyms Spell Opportunity10/13/2010Capitalizing on recent legislative and regulatory mandates will require modifications to existing billing processes and systems as well as the adoption of new technologies. By Bill Carns, MBA, CMPE, CHBME, PracticeMax
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Edge Computing And Healthcare: Looking To The Future6/19/2019
There’s a lot of discussion within the healthcare sector about the adoption of edge computing. But behind all the hype and buzzwords is a very practical, accessible and deployable technology that has the potential to be a game changer for hospitals and clinics around the world.
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Advances In mHealth: Remote Monitoring In Clinical Trials10/2/2017
Remote monitoring – a key element of mHealth, where mobile solutions are used to deliver health – is becoming ubiquitous in the U.S. population. Some 60 percent of U.S. adults track their weight, diet, or exercise routine, and a recent Gartner forecast predicted that the overall wearable market would expand from 275 million devices in 2016 to 323 million devices in 2017. By Vincent Miller, Project Coordinator, Duke Clinical Research Institute
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The Secrets To Gaining Insights Into Purchased Services Spend3/2/2017
Hospital and health system purchased services professionals have hundreds of vendors to manage, a process accounting for up to 45 percent of their non-labor budget. Despite the financial magnitude, this staff has little time to analyze their financial data. Even fewer resources are available to research spending benchmarks or evaluate contract terms.
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Embracing Expanded Telehealth Options For Non-Physician Providers4/15/2020
Remote healthcare is having a breakthrough moment across the nation. For years, the full implementation of telehealth has been stymied by insurance roadblocks and bureaucratic red tape. However, with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, many providers suddenly see telehealth as the most viable way to ensure care continuity and patient safety. As a result, telehealth options are expanding at an unprecedented pace—especially within the rehab therapy space.