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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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Nexcess Introduces Dedicated Healthcare Hosting For Organizations Managing Sensitive Patient Data4/22/2026
Nexcess, a specialty cloud hosting provider built for regulated and sensitive workloads, announced the availability of its dedicated healthcare hosting solution.
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Graphium Health Launches Capture AI To Transform Data Capture And Eliminate Costly Integrations4/21/2026
Graphium Health announced the launch of Capture AI, a powerful new feature designed to revolutionize how healthcare organizations capture and process patient data.
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Reveleer Introduces Clinical Data Repository To Establish A Unified, AI-Enriched Member-Level Clinical Record Across Health Plan Enterprise Operations4/7/2026
Reveleer, a leading provider of AI-enabled solutions empowering data-driven health plan performance, today announced the launch of Clinical Data Repository, a centralized, AI-enabled clinical data management solution designed to help health plans reliably store and reuse medical records across risk adjustment, quality reporting, audit response, and care management programs.
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Greenway Health® Collaborating With KNB Communications To Amplify News Of Its AI-By-Design Electronic Health Record (EHR)4/7/2026
Greenway Health, a leader in agentic AI and ambulatory care innovation, has officially debuted Novare, a fully integrated clinical and revenue cycle platform built specifically for ambulatory care.
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GRAIL Announces Integration Of The Galleri® Test Into Epic Electronic Health Record Platform To Expand Access Nationwide4/7/2026
GRAIL, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRAL), a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early when it can be cured, today announced a collaboration with Epic to bring the Galleri® multi-cancer early detection test into one of the nation's most widely used electronic health record (EHR) platforms, supporting broader adoption across health systems in the United States.
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How Virtua Healthcare Transitioned To An IP-Based Surveillance System6/27/2013
Since Virtua’s facilities have the latest, state-of-the- art digital equipment, Virtua administrators felt it was necessary to upgrade their video surveillance to safeguard its tools. Their current surveillance system included a number of analog cameras that were not meeting their coverage capabilities and video resolution needs. The video management system (VMS) software became too cumbersome to operate on a daily basis, missing the ability to access usable recorded images.
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4 Reasons I Left My Practice For A Telehealth Startup6/14/2016
For years I practiced physical therapy and managed a successful PT orthopedic clinic outside of Los Angeles. I worked hard to advance my career by taking many continuing education courses and participating in residencies and fellowships to allow me to better help my patients. Times were good, schedules were full, and referrals were abundant and I became a more seasoned clinician.
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How Tetris Can Transform Healthcare Operations12/22/2015
Healthcare providers face an operational paradox — scarce resources are both overbooked and underutilized at the same time. The result? Long patient waiting times, frustrated patients, and unhappy nurses. With the growing demand for healthcare and not so promising supply of staff, there’s only one way to deal with it: Do more with less. That’s easier said than done, isn’t it? But what if I told you that by doing just one thing right you can serve more patients, lower patient waiting times, and ensure your nurses eat lunch on time? It doesn’t involve adding more chairs or hiring more nurses — it’s as simple as playing Tetris right. That’s right, Tetris. By Jennifer Mensik, Chief Nursing Officer, LeanTaaS
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Technology Partner Should Offer Rapid, Simple And Powerful Data Analytic Tools To Inspire Budgeting Confidence1/19/2017
Healthcare IT platforms available to monitor and analyze purchased services spending data are limited. This is surprising considering up to 45 percent of a hospital’s or health system’s non-labor budget is spent on purchased services, meaning millions of dollars are being spent without the level of scrutiny it deserves. By Chris Heckler, CEO, Valify
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The Future Of Patient Safety Points To Technology6/11/2018
Patient safety is one of the leading concerns within the healthcare industry worldwide. There are 440,000 preventable adverse events that contribute to patient deaths in U.S. hospitals every year, making preventable diseases the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer. Additionally, approximately one in 10 hospitalized patients experience harm due to medical errors, and of those one in 10, at least 50 percent were preventable medical errors. Decreasing medical errors and improving patient outcomes are key priorities for people across the healthcare industry, but reaching these goals has proven to be an ongoing challenge.
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Case Study: Adding Disk To Backup10/27/2009The old Northeast Delta Dental system provided great protection—data was backed up and tapes were taken off-site every day as best practices would dictate—but the system had become fragmented and complex. “We never had time or resources to duplicate tapes, so when we had to restore a file—something we do several times a week—it was extremely slow,” explains Northeast Delta Dental’s Manager of Networking and Technical Support, Dan Kaplan. “We had to get tapes returned from the off-site facility and re-load them to restore anything. It took hours, with significant manual intervention. By Quantum