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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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Telepsychiatry: Reaching More Patients For Better Outcomes3/17/2017
A 42-year-old woman with chronic anxiety and agoraphobia found herself unable to leave her apartment. She reached out to her primary care doctor who prescribed Xanax, but the medication was only making her feel worse. By Dr. Jim Varrell, Medical Director, InSight Telepsychiatry
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Tips On Wandering Alzheimer's Patients11/30/2009It is suggested that nearly 70% of people with Alzheimer’s disease will wander away from home and get lost. Wandering is one of the biggest risks for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and is a common but dangerous symptom of the disease. A wanderer is someone with a disease such as Alzheimer’s who has wandered away on their own free-will from their caregiver. By Karen Cinpinski, Accutech-ICS
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Guest Column: Lessons Learned From Improper Software Evaluation In Healthcare3/30/2010There are many reasons for a failed system implementation in a healthcare environment, and this article will highlight a few lessons learned from not doing a proper software evaluation. By Dylan Persaud, managing director, Eval-Source
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AI Is Making Traditional Patient Feedback Actionable8/6/2018
Every healthcare organization wants to improve the patient experience. Traditional methods of collecting and monitoring patient feedback fall short of providing healthcare leaders the actionable insights necessary to improve patient experience. To overcome the challenges of continuous improvement, industry leaders need better analytics solutions.
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More Ps Please — Rethinking The Marketing Mix For Healthcare7/15/2016
Even if you are not in marketing, you’ve likely heard of Marketing’s Four Ps — product, price, promotion, and place. These have been the Holy Grail for marketers since Philip Kotler popularized the concept over 50 years ago. By Michelle Snyder, Chief Marketing Officer, Welltok
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Painting The Full Picture: Social Determinants Of Health And Its Impact On Patient Care3/4/2019
There is a hot buzzword around town: Social Determinants of Health (SDOH). Currently defined by The World Health Organization (WHO) as, “the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life,” SDOH plays an integral role in holistic patient care that extends beyond the hospital or doctor’s office. Socioeconomic status, political systems and social norms all contribute to an environment in which individuals thrive or experience challenges.