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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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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.
VIDEOS FROM HIMSS14
FEATURED CONTENT
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The Significance Of A Software Testing Tool In The Healthcare Industry3/18/2019
A software testing tool plays an important role in enhancing the quality of any software. With the constant evolution in technology, the healthcare industry is rapidly moving in the direction of technological advancement. We can see all sorts of healthcare apps that patients or attendees can download on their smartphones and get updated with health reports and doctor’s prescription.
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Building Sustainable PHM Initiatives: 5 Things You Should Expect From An Industry Partner5/16/2017
The race is on to effective management of high-risk patient populations. Payers and providers recognize future survival in the fee-for-value world depends on having the right systems in place. By Jack Plotkin, CTO, Virtual Health
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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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Move Over Functional Obsolescence: Cybersecurity Is Driving Lifecycle Management For Connected Medical Devices3/7/2018
As CIO’s and CISO’s who walk the halls of healthcare institutions know all too well, the number of devices being enabled in the Internet of Things and Internet of Medical Things around us is exploding exponentially. With this explosion, complexities arise in security, data collection, storage, and especially lifecycle management. Devices have varying degrees of security and lifespans that range from two years up to 15 years, adding complications to management strategies.
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More Ways To Pay Bring More Security Concerns: 3 Tips To Enhance Payment Protection6/7/2016
Consumerism and increasing patient responsibility are driving healthcare organizations to expand their options for patients to make payments. As providers look to new payment options to meet consumer demands and increase their collections, they need to carefully consider payment security.
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3 Ways To Empower Health Equity With AI7/9/2019
The World Health Organization’s priorities this year include health as a human right, universal health coverage, appropriate access to care, and high-quality care. These themes increasingly echo as part of international public discourse, especially in the United States where we continue to explore the most efficient and effective ways to take care of our communities.