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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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Give Healthcare Teams What They Want In Data Analytics4/12/2018
Consumers today expect technology to be not only fast, but readily available and intuitive as well. With smart phones, tablets and other everyday technologies, we have become accustomed to searching for and finding what we need instantly. Healthcare informatics professionals are no different. Just 10 years ago, people accepted that software might take longer to answer a question, run calculations or even move to another screen.
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Less Talk, More Action: 3 Ways HIMSS19 Is Kickstarting Conversations2/21/2019
With HIMSS19 continuing to build momentum for consumerism, integrations, and collaboration – as well as discussing the role they play in reshaping the healthcare industry – it’s with excitement (and anticipation for the future) that I share my perspective on each of these key areas.
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4 Ideas That Can Have A Big Impact On Your Network's Referrals10/4/2019
Most healthcare organizations lose about 30 percent to 60 percent of patients on account of inefficient referrals. Value-based care is expected to become the leading payment model by the year 2020, and healthcare organizations cannot afford losing more than half of their revenue due to reduced referral leakages.
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How To Overcome The Top 4 Security Challenges Plaguing Healthcare12/20/2016
Healthcare networks are becoming significantly more complex, which presents a growing challenge to the IT staff supporting them. The successful implementation of wired and wireless networking technology in these kinds of environments is dependent on an architecture that can handle the unique capacity, coverage, security, and segmentation requirements of healthcare facilities while also adhering to compliance standards. By Bob Zemke, Director of Healthcare Solutions at Extreme Networks
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The State Of Value-Based Care: Improving Care Quality While Reducing Medical Costs8/14/2018
Results from the third biennial study “Finding the Value: The State of Value-Based Care in 2018” conducted by ORC International show value-based care models are doing what they were designed to do: improve care quality while reducing medical costs. Yet, these results also show payers and providers still have work to do in order to optimize these programs. Included below are the study’s top 10 findings along with related insights on how to push the industry forward.
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Guest Column: Managing Patient Flow In The United States4/21/2011Moving patients through hospitals in an efficient manner can increase staff satisfaction, patient safety, and even your bottom line. By GDS International