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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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Nexcess Introduces Dedicated Healthcare Hosting For Organizations Managing Sensitive Patient Data4/22/2026
Nexcess, a specialty cloud hosting provider built for regulated and sensitive workloads, announced the availability of its dedicated healthcare hosting solution.
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Graphium Health Launches Capture AI To Transform Data Capture And Eliminate Costly Integrations4/21/2026
Graphium Health announced the launch of Capture AI, a powerful new feature designed to revolutionize how healthcare organizations capture and process patient data.
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Reveleer Introduces Clinical Data Repository To Establish A Unified, AI-Enriched Member-Level Clinical Record Across Health Plan Enterprise Operations4/7/2026
Reveleer, a leading provider of AI-enabled solutions empowering data-driven health plan performance, today announced the launch of Clinical Data Repository, a centralized, AI-enabled clinical data management solution designed to help health plans reliably store and reuse medical records across risk adjustment, quality reporting, audit response, and care management programs.
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Greenway Health® Collaborating With KNB Communications To Amplify News Of Its AI-By-Design Electronic Health Record (EHR)4/7/2026
Greenway Health, a leader in agentic AI and ambulatory care innovation, has officially debuted Novare, a fully integrated clinical and revenue cycle platform built specifically for ambulatory care.
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GRAIL Announces Integration Of The Galleri® Test Into Epic Electronic Health Record Platform To Expand Access Nationwide4/7/2026
GRAIL, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRAL), a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early when it can be cured, today announced a collaboration with Epic to bring the Galleri® multi-cancer early detection test into one of the nation's most widely used electronic health record (EHR) platforms, supporting broader adoption across health systems in the United States.
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Could RFID Help Support Electronic Health Records?8/6/2009Electronic health records EHRs would provide healthcare professionals with electronic access to an individual’s medical history, even when that history has been recorded by multiple providers. Therefore, the EHR system necessitates inter-operable communication of standardized data between hospitals and physicians. In our view, RFID could play a potential role in the development of these health records, particularly given the tight timeframe that needs to be followed. The Department of Health and Human Services needs to issue its Interim Final Rule by December 31, 2009 and legislative incentives begin in 2011. By Reik Read, Robert W. Baird & Co.
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Case Study: Fujitsu LifeBook Tablet PC Plays Leading Role At New High-Tech Hospital8/12/2009Implement a device that would allow caregivers to collect and share patient data digitally. By Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.
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The EHR Didn't Cause The Ebola Death10/17/2014
We were all saddened when we heard of the death of Thomas Duncan, the first patient diagnosed with Ebola virus in our country, and immediately the blame game started. Apparently, Duncan had been seen previously in the ED and sent home without an accurate diagnosis or treatment. News slowly leaked out that his travel history never reached the treating provider even though it has been determined that it was documented in his electronic health record (EHR). Still, for whatever reason, it was not communicated and overlooked. By Linda M. Girgis, MD, FAAFP
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Leveraging Comparative Data To Improve Value-Based Contract Performance7/5/2017
Whatever the future holds for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the move from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursements is expected to continue. By Matt Waltrich, RemitDATA
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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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Trust-Farming Reality Of Modern Medical Portals2/27/2018
In the digital age, Internet opinion is the benchmark when it comes to choosing competitive services or goods. Medical web portals, complex by nature, have to keep up with the reality, whilst healthcare providers are wondering how to transform medical portals into the platforms for trust-building interaction with current and prospective service consumers.