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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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The 3 Types Of Insider Threats And How To Stop Them12/21/2016
Healthcare cybersecurity threats are rising at an alarming rate. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there were 253 reported instances of healthcare breaches in 2015 resulting in the theft of over 112 million records. According to a Ponemon Institute study, 90 percent of organizations reported suffering from at least one data breach in the last two years, with 45 percent reporting five or more breaches.
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HITRUST In Action: How Healthcare Organizations Use HITRUST To Protect Patients And Beyond9/5/2017
Keeping data safe has become complicated process in the last few years. In 2016, the United States faced a 40-percent increase in data breaches compared to 2015 – exposing social security numbers, addresses and more. By Jenifer Rees, Principal Quality Engineering Consultant and Andrew Hosch, security and development groups, Base2 Solutions
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Trump's Proposed Medicaid Cuts To Worsen Chasm In Care Access: Telehealth Can Bridge The Gap10/13/2017
While health policy decisions seem to be routinely made at the federal level without regard to their impact on patient care or population health, payers and providers don’t have that luxury. By Kathleen Myers, MD, FACEP, and CMIO, AristaMD
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A Guide To Attracting And Engaging Patients With Mobile Tactics1/10/2019
Recent studies show that 52 percent of smartphone users gather health-related information on their phones. This rise in mobile health activity echoes the widespread change in user behavior; 52 percent of global online traffic is now generated through mobile phones.
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Before You Hit Send: Ensuring HIPAA Compliant Email Transmissions From Your Practice10/31/2017
Compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — or HIPAA — often keeps doctors, dentists and other healthcare professionals up at night. Yet, since the healthcare profession requires an intense study and concentration, it’s no wonder that there is not a lot of mindshare devoted to learning the minutiae inside a dense rulebook filled with a complex set of regulations.
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How To Improve Vaccination Education And Compliance Across Patient And Member Populations This Flu Season11/14/2019
Influenza inflicts a considerable burden on the U.S. population, and the costs may grow as misplaced skepticism about the benefits of the flu vaccine continues to abound. Surprisingly, 40 percent of adults believe that the flu shot causes the flu. Regardless of why people did not get the vaccine, the flu costs the U.S. about $10.4 billion dollars per year in doctor’s appointments and hospitalizations for adults.