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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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nVoq Expands AI-Powered Clinical Documentation Capabilities To MatrixCare Users3/24/2026
nVoq Inc., a leader in AI-powered clinical documentation solutions for post-acute care, today announced that its medically trained voice-enabled technology will now be available within MatrixCare, a Best in KLAS-recognized electronic health record (EHR) platform serving home health, hospice, and skilled nursing providers.
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PointClickCare Launches Next-Generation EHR For Practice Groups, Powering Clinical Certainty And AI-Driven Workflows In Senior Care3/19/2026
PointClickCare, a leading health tech company helping providers deliver exceptional care, today announced the launch of its next-generation electronic health record (EHR) for Practice Groups.
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b.well And Samsung Bring 'Kill the Clipboard' To Life, Turning Smartphones Into The Front Door Of Healthcare3/10/2026
b.well Connected Health and Samsung Electronics today announced an industry-leading end-to-end consumer experience aligned with the federal "Kill the Clipboard" initiative — a nationwide effort led by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to modernize healthcare by eliminating repetitive forms and giving patients direct control of their medical data.
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Valant Expands AI-Powered Clinical Note Solution To Fit How Behavioral Health Clinicians Already Work2/25/2026
Valant, the leading provider of behavioral health EHR software, today announced expanded capabilities for its AI-powered clinical documentation tool, AI Notes Assist, enabling clinicians to generate structured clinical notes in the templates they already use across diverse workflows.
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LexisNexis Risk Solutions Launches AI-Powered Identity Management Platform For Healthcare2/19/2026
LexisNexis® Risk Solutions today announced the launch of an identity management platform with industry leading identity verification, resolution and enrichment solutions that enable healthcare organizations to manage patient and member identities across the entire healthcare journey.
VIDEOS FROM HIMSS14
FEATURED CONTENT
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VNA: A Better Way To Archive1/16/2015
Given today’s broad healthcare challenges, it’s hard to be neutral about Vendor Neutral Archiving (VNA). Given its ability to translate data to a standardized format and enable communication across disparate IT systems, hospital departments, and enterprises, the VNA addresses today’s most crucial healthcare issues – enabling patient data communication across the continuum of care, creating a more complete patient record, and supporting Meaningful Use. Moreover, after years of little control over PACS and other important data, a VNA puts providers back in the driver’s seat and relegates vendors a secondary position. By Greg Strowig, COO, TeraMedica, Inc.
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Health Informatics And The Future Of Healthcare2/7/2017
Healthcare is constantly evolving, and so are the ways physicians are handling patient information. By Scott Rhodes, Vice Provost of Enrollment, Florida Polytechnic University
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Does The Cybersecurity Act Of 2015 Help Or Hurt?3/7/2016
There was a lot of talk about the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, but does Section 405: Improving Cybersecurity in the Healthcare Industry really do enough? While the bill is a start to helping the healthcare industry lower cybersecurity risks, the improvements passed may not do enough to protect us from the compromise of sensitive information.
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Caring For The Unseen Sufferers Of COVID-19: How Artificial Intelligence Can Enable Proactive Care And Help Avert An Epidemic Of Preventable Diseases5/11/2020
As the nation’s eyes focus on COVID-19, another healthcare crisis is unfolding out of sight. Hidden from view, millions of Americans who don’t have COVID-19 are suffering healthcare crises in their homes. These unseen individuals are facing major challenges, on multiple levels: acute, chronic, and preventive. Patients are waiting longer at home before coming to the hospital for acute illnesses like appendicitis, stroke, or heart attack.
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Health Tech Portfolios: Taking A Page From Big Pharma's Playbook1/11/2017
The proliferation of technology has injected a much-needed fresh perspective into the healthcare industry. By Blake Marggraff, CEO, Epharmix
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Is There A Doctor In The House?3/2/2018
If everything is pointing towards mHealth dominating hospitals and clinics across the country, why isn’t it? If it’s not the higher-ups or the users themselves, what’s left? The quality of the mHealth solutions themselves.