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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?

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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Adaptive Biotechnologies And Flatiron Health Announce Integration Of clonoSEQ MRD Testing Into OncoEMR7/1/2025
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ADPT), a commercial stage biotechnology company that aims to translate the genetics of the adaptive immune system into clinical products to diagnose and treat disease, and Flatiron Health, a leading healthtech company dedicated to expanding the possibilities of point-of-care solutions in oncology, today announced the integration of Adaptive’s clonoSEQ® test for measurable residual disease (MRD) assessment in lymphoid malignancies into OncoEMR®, Flatiron’s cloud-based Electronic Medical Record (EMR) platform.
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Bridge Joins The Elation Health Partner Hub To Elevate Patient Engagement For Elation EHR Users6/19/2025
Bridge, a leader in white-labeled patient engagement technology, today announced a new partnership with Elation Health, the clinical–first Electronic Health Record (EHR) platform trusted by more than 30,000 primary-care providers.
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Introducing HealthVerity Notes: Verified Clinical Narratives Now Available For Real-World Research And Commercial Use6/18/2025
HealthVerity, the leader in privacy-protecting technologies and the nation's largest verified healthcare and consumer data ecosystem, today announced the launch of HealthVerity Notes, a modular, de-identified dataset built from over 2.5 billion unstructured clinical EHR notes that employs novel methodologies to preserve the full note.
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CliniComp Expands EHR System To Post Anesthesia Care At VA San Antonio, Enhancing Coordinated Care Delivery6/17/2025
CliniComp, the pioneer in high-performing, reliable electronic health record (EHR) solutions, today announced the expansion of its system to include Post Anesthesia Care environments at VA San Antonio.
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Oracle Health Community Care Improves Care In Mobile, Home, And Rural Settings6/17/2025
Oracle today announced the general availability of Oracle Health Community Care, a cloud-based mobile extension of the Oracle Health Foundation electronic health record (EHR).
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Maximizing The Potential Of Virtual Care9/17/2015
Almost daily, there is a new announcement about the next-big-thing that promises to radically improve healthcare. By Lidia L. Fonseca, SVP and CIO, Quest Diagnostics
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The Smart Way For Healthcare Organizations To Go Mobile6/10/2014
On January 1, 2014, a key prOvisiOn Of the american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 went into effect, requiring healthcare providers across the country to adopt and demonstrate “meaningful use” of electronic medical records (eMr) in order to maintain their existing Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement levels.
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The Internet of Things In Healthcare7/26/2017
The world of healthcare IT is well immersed in the Internet of Things (IoT). By Eileen Haggerty, senior director enterprise business operations, NETSCOUT
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The Blind Spot In Healthcare: Diagnostic Errors And The Call For Collaboration10/27/2015
A new report from the Institute of Medicine (IoM) examines ways to reduce diagnostic imaging errors to provide better patient care — and collaboration plays a central role. By Karen Holzberger, VP and GM Diagnostics, Nuance
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Can AI & Machine Learning Make Healthcare Cheaper?2/15/2018
The average cost of colonoscopy in the U.S. is over $5,500. This is a cost borne either by the consumer or by the insurer depending on their insurance status. Depending on your unique condition, the procedure can cost several times more.
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MACRA And MIPS: Preparing For Changes8/2/2017
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) was passed with bipartisan support in 2015. By Bhupender Singh, CEO, Intelenet Global Services