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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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Will Robots Redesign Healthcare Policy?
How robotics has the power to transform healthcare. By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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Cybersecurity Report Shows 320% Increase In Hacking Attacks In 2016
Ransomware is now a prominent threat to hospitals. By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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25% Of Healthcare Organizations Don't Encrypt Patient Data In The Cloud
Cloud 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.
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Data Governance: How Hospitals Can Overcome The 3 Biggest Challenges7/14/2016
Big Data and analytics are among the hottest topics being discussed within healthcare right now, and for good reason. The proliferation of information has begun to alter the way both providers and patients view healthcare information. By George Dealy, Vice President of Healthcare Applications at Dimensional Insight
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AHIMA 2009 Convention & Exhibit Booth Visit: MRO10/26/2009MRO is a provider of shared electronic Release of Information solutions. Using Web-based software and document capture systems, MRO solutions integrate with daily workflow processes for both paper-based and electronic record systems.
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Apple's New EHR Move Puts Security Onus On Patients3/30/2018
The debate between accessibility and data privacy is not a new discussion, especially as technology continues to advance and develop. Since medical records were first digitized and the first EHR system was developed, the health care sector has had to manage and respond to issues facing health care coverage, privacy and security.
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Enhancing Patient Care And Automating Workflows: The Key To Provider Satisfaction7/29/2019
Physicians are spending more time than ever on tasks that take them away from patient care. According to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine, for every hour a physician sees patients, he or she spends two hours completing data entry and desk work. Over the course of the day, that translates into nearly 50 percent of physicians’ time going to the electronic health record or paperwork.
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The Roadmap To Digital Healthcare: Security, Mobility, Automation, And Cloud Capabilities For Today's Practitioner5/17/2018
Digital healthcare offers an opportunity to improve every aspect of your organization, but it can’t be achieved successfully without a clear plan. Piecing together an IT infrastructure for your healthcare business requires a clear roadmap which each software and solution must then fit into.
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Tablets Save Blood Bank 830 Hours Per Year8/2/2012
An investment in tablet PCs helped Nebraska Community Blood Bank eliminate paper-based workflows and streamline donor data collection.