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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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How Providers Can Reduce The Risk Of Medical Identity Theft10/9/2017
Identity fraud has become more and more of an issue as the internet has shifted and changed through the years. Security protocols must keep up with the latest malware and viruses that come out every day in order to keep out internet fraud criminals, and hackers merely see these updates as the latest challenge for their activities. By Heather Lomax, media relations specialist, Blaze Systems
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Push The Boundaries Of Treatment Options With EHRs & Data Infrastructure6/4/2015
It’s pretty safe to say that effective and efficient systems which share comprehensive data improves patient safety, saves lives, and improves health outcomes across the continuum of care. But I observe the greatest impact EHRs – and healthcare technology in general – are having in the wider industry is in the area of chronic disease management and treatment. By Scott Lenz, Strategic Alliances Manager, NetApp Healthcare
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Tablet Computers Help Occupational Therapist Go Paperless11/14/2011This case study chronicles how a South Australian Occupational Therapist was able to increase mobility, eliminate paper waste, enhance patient interaction, and reduce documentation times by using a rugged Tablet PC. By Motion Computing
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Optimize Pop Health Management For Patients With Serious Illnesses4/11/2017
A growing number of healthcare payers are seizing the opportunity to optimize their population health management (PHM) programs for seriously ill patients. By Greer Myers, President, Turn-Key Health
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How Telemedicine Can Help Reduce Rural Hospital Closures And Provide Easier Access To Care8/31/2017
Since 2010, more than 80 rural hospitals have closed across the U.S. while nearly 700 are still at risk. By Bobby Park, MD, Co-Founder & Director of Virtual Health, RelyMD
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Will Digital Fingerprint Forensics Thwart Data Thieves Lurking In EHR Corridors?9/20/2016
As Halloween approaches, the usual spate of horror movies will intrigue audiences across the U.S., replete with slashers named Jason or Freddie running amuck in the corridors of all too easily accessible hospitals. They grab a hospital gown and the zombies fit right in. While this is just a movie you can turn off, the real horror of patient data theft can follow you. By Donald Voltz, MD, Aultman Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Director of the Main Operating Room, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Case Western Reserve University and Northeast Ohio Medical University