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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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No Time To Waste: Why Automation Will Shape The Future Of IoMT Security7/27/2020
In cybersecurity, speed is the name of the game. And in the current climate of adaptation to fast-changing conditions, organizations of all kinds are learning hard lessons of what it will take to survive and succeed in IT’s tomorrow. This is especially true in healthcare where the ability to act fast is essential in dealing with health crises, which also includes adversarial threats to network and data security.
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Rugged Mobile Solutions Take Emergency Response To New Heights10/22/2013
For fire fighters, police officers, and EMTs, working more efficiently isn’t about cutting costs — it’s about saving lives.
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How To Bridge The Gap Between Healthcare Data Silos5/3/2019
The patient journey looks much different today than it did several years ago. From diagnosis to treatment, most patients have many more stops along the way than ever before. They might visit a physician, diagnostic imaging center, hospital, outpatient rehab therapist, and the list goes on, before their care plan is complete. At each point, a patient generates a health record that becomes an imperative piece of his/her healthcare puzzle. And that data has to be accessible and exchangeable across their journey to ensure the best possible outcomes. At least, that’s the goal.
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5 Reasons Healthcare Organizations Must Consider AI/ML8/24/2018
Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI and ML, respectively) are the technologies du jour. IT and product teams are applying AI and ML solutions to everything from robotics to refrigerators, everywhere machines produce performance and/or environmental data. But how can AI and ML benefit healthcare equipment maintenance, not typically viewed as a hotbed of innovation? In fact, there is an abundance of ways AI and ML can bring new levels of revenue increases and cost savings to healthcare organizations by rapidly creating new, actionable insights for maintenance teams.
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Electronic Records Management Solves Workflow Inefficiency For Swedish Medical Center4/16/2010Since 1910, Swedish Medical Center has been a hallmark for excellence in healthcare. With over 70 clinics and four hospital locations, Swedish is the largest, most comprehensive, nonprofit healthcare provider in the Greater Seattle area. Swedish is not just about facilities, research and new techniques, it’s about people coming together to provide the most compassionate care possible.
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Can The VA Save Money And Pay Physicians More?12/4/2017
There are 18.8 million veterans in the United States. Of those, an estimated 8.9 million veterans receive care from the 168 VA medical centers and 1,053 outpatient sites under the Veterans Health Administration.