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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 Medical Device Companies Can Safeguard Vital IP5/13/2019
Stolen IP represents a significant subsidy since the thieves don’t have to bear the costs of developing or licensing that technology or manufacturing process. If a competitor steals a company’s product-related trade secrets, it can beat that company to market with a new and innovative product, undercutting the victim company’s market share.
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Real-Time Data Is The Answer For Mobile Workforce Management10/1/2019
When it comes to homecare and managing patient relationships, following through on commitments is mandatory. Yet many providers are shooting themselves in the proverbial foot — using tired scheduling methods that overlook real-world challenges, such as appointments running over and unanticipated traffic that can lead to broken commitments. In lieu of a crystal ball that can predict problems and delays, providers must rely on actual, real-time data to create the ideal schedule. This model, known as truth-based appointment booking, involves booking appointments based on true job durations and true travel time, and considers existing commitments to patients in making the best scheduling decisions.
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Head To Head: EHR With Responsive Patient Portal Vs. An EHR-Integrated Custom Mobile App10/21/2016
When considering patient communication tools, patient portals are an obvious choice as they are proposed and incentivized by CMS. By Lola Koktysh, Healthcare Industry Analyst, ScienceSoft
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Comparative Analytics And BI Solutions: What's The Difference?8/25/2016
Healthcare organizations face numerous business challenges including concerns over processing times, denial rates, cash flow, and alternative payment models, to name a few. As organizations identify areas in which to focus their efforts and maximize performance, a growing number are investing in business intelligence (BI) solutions featuring comparative analytics so they have the ability to identify areas of the business in which improvements will offer the greatest ROI.
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The Nursing Experience Divide, Care, And Costs: What Hospitals Need To Know5/22/2020
COVID-19 has changed the world of healthcare as we know it. One day clinicians were caring for patients with adequate resources and equipment, and then came the pandemic and within a short time, resources, equipment, and staffing were inadequate in many settings.
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How Real-Time Healthcare Benefits From Scalable, Reliable, Secure Networks3/29/2018
A state-of-the-art private network allows healthcare organizations to benefit from a wide range of applications — such as cloud-based services, secure internet-connected medical devices and patient care management platforms — to enhance and extend collaboration and workflows across the entire healthcare system. The right network can enable healthcare organizations to become what’s known as a real-time healthcare system (RTHS).