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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 Mobile Devices Contribute To OR Delays And Cancellations11/16/2018
Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have changed the way people work and live by providing instant, anytime, anywhere access to information. Given the highly mobile life of a surgeon, smartphones have become a lifeline for case-related communication. Regardless of whether a surgeon is outside of a hospital environment or within different hospital settings (i.e. pre-op, recovery, intensive care, etc.) they need a way to stay connected when access to a traditional computer is not possible.
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4 Things Providers Should Look For In EHR-Integrated Patient Engagement Software12/17/2019
Today’s new healthcare technologies are purposely built to integrate with EHR systems to unlock the treasure trove of data and patient insight that sits within them to make healthcare faster, smarter and more effective. The goal of EHR-integrated solutions is to improve patient care and to help ease the burden of physicians, who already feel like they spend way too much time in front of a computer screen. As it stands, seven out of 10 primary care doctors believe EHRs contribute to physician burnout and cut into valuable time they can spend with patients.
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Taking America's Pulse On Mobile Healthcare11/4/2009Specifically for the General US Population provided via the use of mobile technology. For example, small, wireless portable devices along with wireless computing, networking, and/or communication services designed to meet the healthcare needs of both healthcare providers and patients/consumers. By Joseph B Porus, VP Harris Interactive and Milt Ellis, VP Harris Interactive
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Consistent Communication Helps Providers Deliver Better Healthcare Experiences3/14/2019
Imagine your healthcare organization is a person; what kind of person is it? Is it a caring friend who sends you text messages, checks in with you to see how you are doing and invites you to get together? Or, is your organization the friend who you appreciate seeing in person, but who you don’t hear from for long periods of time and you only get to see when you reach out and coordinate plans?
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Social Determinants Of Health: Digital To The Rescue11/1/2019
Zip code, not just genetic code, is a significant driver of health outcomes.* Indeed, the environmental, social, cultural, community, economic, and educational influences on people’s health over time—collectively known as the social determinants of health (SDOH)—variably impact people's ability to lead healthy lives over time. Organizations have invested heavily in solutions such as affordable housing, case management, and food delivery services to attempt to address SDOH in recent years.
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Business Continuity Best Practices For Hospitals Affected By M&As2/17/2015
Last fall, a spate of major merger announcements between hospital systems in the United States was the latest charge in a broader trend of marriages between hospitals and healthcare systems across the country