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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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Flawed Human Behavior Could Threaten Success Of Stimulus EMR Incentive Program8/31/2009As someone involved in the digital document and content management business I have watched the approaching stimulus incentives for EMR (electronic medical records) with a great deal of interest. There’s no question that if implemented correctly the stimulus program can accelerate the adoption of more efficient (computer based) record management, resulting in improved health care and reduced costs. By Jeff Nelson
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Revitalize Profit Margins By Fixing Broken Processes9/23/2020
In today’s climate, healthcare providers must protect their profit margins and obtain every dollar that is owed to them by insurance companies. Enhancing operational efficiencies and streamlining administrative processes can go a long way in reducing denials and minimizing the amount of re-work involved in billing workflows.
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Following A Devastating Fire, SmartSearch Helped A Medical Billing Company Rise Up From The Ashes And Opened The Door To A More Efficient And Profitable Future11/11/2009After a fire destroyed the offices of Medical Reimbursement Services and many of its medical records were severely water-damaged, including those it was storing on behalf of clients, the company realized it needed to find a more secure way to retain documents. By Square 9 Softworks
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How HIT Can Fix Hospitals With Too Many Patients And Not Enough Staff1/27/2020
Generally speaking, healthcare costs in the U.S. are high — but the problem goes beyond treatment costs. Poor patient outcomes drive up the price tag significantly, and a big part of the problem is that healthcare organizations are overpopulated with patients while understaffed with qualified providers.
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Consistent Communication Helps Providers Deliver Better Healthcare Experiences3/14/2019
Imagine your healthcare organization is a person; what kind of person is it? Is it a caring friend who sends you text messages, checks in with you to see how you are doing and invites you to get together? Or, is your organization the friend who you appreciate seeing in person, but who you don’t hear from for long periods of time and you only get to see when you reach out and coordinate plans?
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White Paper: Technology Options For Healthcare Color Label & Wristband Printing10/14/2009Color has earned a permanent place in healthcare processes because it has proven to be an effective enhancement to labels, files, forms and wristbands. Selective, appropriate use of color can enhance patient safety by providing an extra visual reminder to differentiate potential lookalike or soundalike medications, highlight dosages, dietary restrictions, allergies and other alerts, and to easily identify specimens to streamline sorting and prioritize processing. Color on files, records, specimen labels, test orders, meal tickets and other documents also supports more efficient workflows. By Epson America, Inc.