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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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ONC Certification Of Oracle's AI-Powered EHR Marks Turning Point For The Healthcare Industry11/18/2025
Oracle Health's next generation electronic health record (EHR) is now certified and ready for adoption by ambulatory customers in the U.S.
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Azara Healthcare Releases New Risk Adjustment Capabilities In EHR Plug-In For athenaOne Via The Athenahealth Marketplace11/18/2025
Azara Healthcare, the Best in KLAS provider of population health management solutions, today announced the launch of new Risk Adjustment Factor (RAF) functionality within the Azara DRVS EHR Plug-In for athenaOne, athenahealth's electronic health records (EHR) product.
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Duncan Regional Hospital Becomes First In U.S. To Implement BD Alaris™ EMR Infusion Interoperability With MEDITECH11/13/2025
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that Duncan Regional Hospital ("DRH Health") has become the first hospital in the United States to implement BD Alaris™ EMR (Electronic Medical Record) Interoperability with the MEDITECH electronic health record (EHR), marking a significant advancement in patient safety, workflow efficiency and clinician support.
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HealthTree Foundation Expands Medical Records Connections To Include Flatiron Health & CareSpace Electronic Health Record Systems11/12/2025
HealthTree Foundation, a global nonprofit pioneering technology that unifies fragmented medical records into a complete patient health record to accelerate blood cancer cures, today announced that patients receiving care at facilities using Flatiron Health & CareSpace can now securely connect their medical records into the HealthTree platform.
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Healthcare Fraud Shield (HCFS) Launches RecordPlus™ AI-Powered Solution To Combat Medical Record Review Challenges11/12/2025
HCFS, the industry leader in healthcare claims and audit technology, announced the launch of RecordPlus™, a breakthrough system designed to dramatically streamline the medical record review process and address the persistent issue of improper payments.
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Nürtingen Hospital Improves Patient Care With Tablet PCs6/16/2011This case study highlights how Nürtingen Hospital secured its EMR data, realized a 40% productivity increase on routine processes, and reduced errors by leveraging tablet PCs to access key hospital information systems. By Motion Computing, Inc.
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Applying Machine Learning To Live Data8/4/2017
According to the OECD, U.S. healthcare devotes far more of its economy to health than any other country, yet the life expectancy of the American population is shorter than in other countries that spend less. The biggest areas of spending and concern are for coordination of care and preventing hospital admissions for people with chronic conditions such as heart disease. The combination of connected medical devices, streaming analytics, big data, and machine learning has become more powerful and less expensive than before, which could enable scalable chronic disease management with better care at lower costs.
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Why Patient Matching Is A Critical Tool For Leveraging Social Determinants Of Health11/14/2018
In the pursuit of population health and accountable care success, providers are increasingly looking for tools that extend out into non-clinical or traditional healthcare settings to provide a complete picture of one’s health. Because individuals are heavily influenced by socioeconomic and behavioral forces, stakeholders are recognizing the significance of social determinates of health (SDOH) data in achieving value-driven, community-based outcomes.
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Transitioning Release Of Information Workflow From Silos To Enterprise: A Primer For The Healthcare Industry3/15/2017
Healthcare systems across the country are inundated daily by an enormous amount of record requests from patients, attorneys, care providers, payers, government agencies, and other third parties. By Marty McKenna, Chief Executive Officer, Verisma Systems, Inc.
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A Parallel Revolution: Telepsychiatry Comes Of Age In Tandem With Consumerism In Healthcare11/5/2018
The age of consumerism has arrived, and patients are demanding a more active role in decision making as it pertains to the design and delivery of their care. Transparency, convenience and access are increasingly paramount, and technology is fast becoming a critical enabler of the value today’s consumers desire in their healthcare.
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3 Ways T.38 Real-Time Fax Is HIPAA Compliant7/27/2017
Faxing is still an approved way of transmitting sensitive data and, if you haven’t guessed it by now, is still widely used in healthcare. Despite what you think of it as a technology, faxing is reliable and something medical offices are comfortable using.