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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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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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5 Project Management Lessons For Healthcare10/28/2015
Project management offers a variety of methods and tools that hospital leaders can implement to increase the quality of the care and optimize processes in a hospital. However, staying focused on how best to execute project management methodologies is often hard, especially when being under time, budget, and legal constraints. So, let’s take a look at five project management lessons worth incorporating into healthcare. By Andreas Tremel, Co-Founder and CEO, InLoox
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Lost Devices And Healthcare Data Leakage, Two Sides Of The Same Coin?8/23/2016
Healthcare professionals are more reliant on mobile devices than ever, with laptops, tablets, and smartphones quickly obviating the need for paper records. While a boon to productivity, mobile devices have also increased the risk of data leakage. Cloud-based EHR systems and adoption of productivity apps like Office 365 have made large volumes of patient data and claims information readily accessible from loss and theft prone mobile devices.
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Building A Business Case For Modern Healthcare Analytics3/14/2017
By now, most healthcare professionals are aware some form of analytics is necessary to help glean insight needed to make smart decisions. However, what’s less clear is exactly what type of analytics solution can drive the biggest impact. By Nora Lissy, RN, BSN, MBA, Director of Healthcare Information, Dimensional Insight
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5 Ways To Protect Sensitive Healthcare Data7/14/2017
The number of ransomware emails jumped 6,000 percent between 2015 and 2016, per an IBM Security study. To put that into perspective, SonicWall reports there were 3.8 million ransomware attacks in 2015 and over 638 million in 2016. By John Harris, chief technology officer, SIGNiX
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A New Approach To Threat Detection Helps Get Ahead Of Cyberattackers11/3/2016
Cyberattacks in the healthcare industry represent an enormous social, governmental and operational challenge, with potential financial, privacy and reputational costs that can be massive. The consequences and costs can be extensive and can impact patients, healthcare providers, device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, insurance providers and government entities.
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Cybersecurity: A Real And Present Danger For Practices Of All Sizes8/30/2019
All healthcare organizations face growing threats from data breaches and cyberattacks, yet many small-and-midsize enterprises (SMEs) are caught off guard when they find data has been compromised. Lulled by the belief that they lack the high-profile data status to interest an attacker, these organizations leave themselves exposed to significant threat. Because security frameworks in SMEs are often deficient, cyber criminals consider them prime targets.