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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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Kontakt.io Introduces Patient Journey Analytics To Transform Hospital Operations Through Digital Twin Intelligence1/7/2026
Kontakt.io today launched Patient Journey Analytics, a next-generation data intelligence layer that eliminates operational uncertainty in hospitals by unifying clinical and operational data into a continuous, actionable view of patient care.
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Yonalink And PSP Announce Collaboration To Streamline Electronic Health Record Data Into EDC Systems For Clinical Trials In Japan1/6/2026
Yonalink and PSP today announced a strategic collaboration aimed at simplifying the integration of medical information stored in Electronic Health Records (EHRs) into Electronic Data Capture (EDC) systems used in clinical trials.
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b.well Launches The First-Ever SDK For Health AI Assistants12/18/2025
b.well Connected Health, the most connected digital health platform for AI-powered consumer experiences, today unveiled the first SDK built to power healthcare AI assistants with clean, connected, real-time health data and to provide self-service features that let individuals take action through conversational AI.
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Introducing Hundred Health: The First Truly Integrated Health Platform That Turns Data Into Personalized 100-Day Action Plans12/16/2025
Hundred Health today announced the launch of its integrated health platform and mobile app, ushering in a new era of proactive and personalized health management.
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Mt. San Rafael Hospital Selects Oracle Health To Optimize Financial Performance, Enhance Patient Care12/16/2025
Mt. San Rafael Hospital and Clinics (MSRHC), recognized as one of the nation's Top 20 critical access hospitals, has selected Oracle Health to power its electronic health record (EHR) platform and advance clinical and financial performance across its system.
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Mobilizing Patient Engagement: Developers Leverage New Tools For Health Data Activation6/2/2016
The latest Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey of more than 4,000 hospitals once again showed there is plenty of room for improvement when it comes to patient engagement, especially in terms of receiving the right information at the right time about medications and care transitions.
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Stromberg Enterprise Time And Attendance For Healthcare11/24/2009Research indicates that staff and labor expenses encompass more than 60% of a healthcare organization’s operating costs. To better manage an organization’s most important business asset ? its employees ? an accurate time and attendance system is critical. By Stromberg
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How "Smart Hospitals" Handle Mission-Critical IT: They Don't Compete For Campus Resources3/15/2019
Over the last several decades, the adoption of automated healthcare systems has dramatically accelerated in healthcare organizations, especially in the hospital campus environment. In fact, we are already transitioning from the “digital hospital” phase to the “smart hospital” phase, when it comes to the deployment of automated systems in hospitals that use state-of-the-art IT. This automation has led to specific service-level requirements for uptime and availability whether they operate with on-premise IT or with offsite IT service providers.
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The Rise Of Telemedicine In Treating Addictions1/12/2017
Lack of healthcare access to low-income residents in both rural and urban areas present a significant challenge in chronic disease treatment such as substance addiction. By Kumar Venkatesiah
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Investment In Line Of Business Mobile Devices Reaches All-Time High10/28/2016
With patient satisfaction and engagement rates as main drivers, growth for both rugged and consumer grade devices used for line of business applications in the healthcare vertical is projected continue through 2020. By Cameron Roche, Research Analyst, VDC Research
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Patient-First: The State Of Wearables In Healthcare8/9/2018
The trend towards taking a “patient first” approach—coupled with the consolidation of emerging companies in the industry—has increased pressure to bring innovative mobile applications to market more quickly. Wearables are at the top of this list. In fact, SNS Research estimates that by 2020, wearable devices and wearables in Healthcare will represent a market worth $40 Billion with over 240 Million annual unit shipments.