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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.
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FEATURED CONTENT
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How The Future Of Healthcare Operations Will Be Powered By Digital RCM6/12/2019
Advances in automation, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and industry-ready cognitive capabilities have created a perfect storm that has finally reached RCM. Stuck in technology’s Bronze Age, RCM traditionally has been defined by people-intensive, manual-heavy processes, powered by disconnected operational systems. Digital transformation and related emerging technologies can help transform RCM, and optimize processes for healthcare providers to operate more effectively and efficiently while improving the healthcare experience for patients.
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Purple Button Technology – A Means to Overcome the Patient Safety Epidemic5/29/2013
Securely sharing patient safety information is critical to preventing adverse events. Purple Button technology helps hospitals do just that — from the patient bedside to the boardroom.
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EMR Roadblock Assuaged8/7/2012
The transition to electronic charting in low-acuity environments is one thing; the transition in high-acuity departments is quite another. In critical care and ICUs, nurses spend an astounding amount of time checking — and rechecking — each patient’s status.
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White Paper: What Is A Vendor Neutral Archive, Anyway?9/2/2010The term Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) is used by many vendors of PACS software to identify the core of their product--the component that is used to reliably manage, store, retrieve, and query medical images and related information. This article proposes a definition of a VNA that identifies different architecture levels and their specific functionalities. By OTech, Inc.
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More Than Price Transparency: Patients Need Information Transparency7/25/2017
Most patients find it difficult to locate timely, accurate, and complete health data. Yet data is exactly what they need now that they must make health decisions they’ve never had to before. By Tate McDaniel, SVP, engagement solutions, Change Healthcare
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The Necessary Tools To Implement Successful Healthcare IT Projects9/12/2016
The healthcare industry is fast becoming one of the largest revenue sources for the IT industry. It is critical to realize failure to understand and avoid these problems will almost certainly guarantee just that — failure. Healthcare organizations are pushed to have effective IT solutions to meet meaningful user requirements and demands. Given this situation, here are some essential fundamentals for implementing a successful healthcare IT project. By Ramitha Herath, Manager — Delivery, VirtusaPolaris