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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
FEATURED CONTENT
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9 Technology Megatrends For Healthcare In 20201/27/2020
Now that we’re one month into 2020, it’s becoming clear the data produced in the healthcare industry by providers, consumers and payers will power and propel our 9 megatrends. Healthcare data is the foundation on which we’re building everything from healthcare outreach for the underserved to new of Things-based healthcare programs to treatments designed just for you.
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Case Study: DeKalb Medical Center Secures Patient Data With Proofpoint11/15/2009As a medical center, DeKalb Medical Center is very sensitive about patient privacy. Recently, the organization conducted an audit of its data security and determined that outbound email was a high-risk area for protected health information (PHI) to leave the enterprise. As a first step, the medical center needed to secure its outbound email stream to ensure that PHI was not being sent out unencrypted. By Proofpoint
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Preeminent Doctor Enhances Patient Care And Improves Efficiency With A Fujitsu Stylistic ST5000 Tablet PC-Based Solution7/16/2009To create a highly efficient, consistent, and cost-effective way to evaluate and treat patients while easing the burden of medical documentation and gathering comprehensive data on patient outcomes. By Fujitsu
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Overcoming The Hurdles Of Healthcare Technology11/10/2016
Healthcare is losing over $2.2 million per data breach, and that doesn’t include additional losses in customer information. Since 2009, almost half the population has had their healthcare data stolen as a result of one of approximately 1,500 data breaches. So, why aren’t healthcare companies doing more to address this problem? There are a couple of reasons, both of which can be attributed to the fact the healthcare industry is, at its core, outdated.
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Ensuring Data Integrity Of Medical Devices: IT Challenges And Solutions6/13/2019
Data integrity relates to maintaining data to ensure quality and consistency throughout the life cycle of the respective information. Data integrity applies to many industries and use cases, but it's exceptionally important in connection with medical devices.
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Achieving Competitive Differentiation Through Workforce Diversity And The Role Technology Plays9/11/2018
In this era of skilled shortages in healthcare, recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce is no easy task. Yet, it is one of the top priorities of results-oriented healthcare organizations today. Successful diversity programs yield impressive benefits—from greater patient satisfaction to improved outcomes and increased staff productivity. Fortunately, modern talent management technology can help overcome the hiring obstacles.