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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 Analytics – The Hidden Gem In Helping To Combat The Opioid Epidemic10/24/2018
The opioid epidemic continues to threaten the public’s health, wellbeing, and ultimately, its wallet. There is no one path to avert this crisis, but industry stakeholders have a unique opportunity to come together and leverage new technology and tools to identify, mitigate and manage current and future situations of opioid abuse. So how can Big Data and analytics help healthcare reduce health risks and stop fraud, waste and abuse? It starts by identifying and evaluating the entities who contribute to potential risk, or who are at risk, within the various stages of the healthcare ecosystem.
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The Right Population Health Analytics To Transform The Patient Experience6/14/2018
Consider a situation where healthcare is not just an industry term- a situation where EHRs are not an integral part of physicians schedule but just a support to providing care. All considered, imagine a situation where patient-centric care actually involves the patient, and patient engagement is not just a buzzword but a reality. Unfortunately, all these imaginations were supposed to be a reality, but still, healthcare managers and organizations are struggling with the problems such as the lack of patients’ adherence to medication, varying trends in the population health, and a lot more. Patient populations, nowadays, expect the same on-demand delivery convenience from the healthcare organizations as they get from the other companies like Netflix.
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5 ICD-10 Challenges Facing Every IT Project Manager5/9/2013
On Jan. 16, 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Final Rule that mandated adoption of ICD-10 by Oct. 1, 2013. The adoption mandate has since been extended by CMS to Oct. 1, 2014. The shift to ICD-10 is intended to be a significant enhancement in the coding and classification of diagnoses and inpatient hospital procedures. CMS’ recent action will provide healthcare organizations in the United States with the opportunity to adapt the same platform used by many industrialized nations today, including the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Germany, and Canada.
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Don't Undervalue Your Services: Why Billing For Assessment And Management Time Matters10/9/2019
When it comes to securing proper payment for medical services, most providers do all they can to increase their effectiveness. Double-checking insurance eligibility, using quality billing software and documentation technology, and coding claims with precision can help practices get the highest reimbursement for their services. However, some providers are still leaving money on the table.
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The Data Scientist Dilemma – 6 Signs You Need Self-Service Data Prep8/29/2016
When it comes down to it, what industry has a greater need to transform data into actionable intelligence than healthcare? From clinical analysis for decision making about patient treatment and preventative care, to operational analysis for revenue cycle management and patient experience, making data-driven decisions in healthcare is high stakes. By Frank Moreno, VP of Product Marketing, Datawatch
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Handling Unexpected Growth With The RICOH Pro C90012/10/2009The RICOH Pro C900 was engineered to not only be easy to operate, but also for extremely low maintenance to maximize machine uptime. By Ricoh Corporation