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![Ken Congdon, Editor In Chief of Health IT Outcomes]( "Is Technology To Blame For Physician Burnout?")
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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![Robotic Systems For Food Safety]( "Will Robots Redesign Healthcare Policy?")
Will Robots Redesign Healthcare Policy?How robotics has the power to transform healthcare. By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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![Field Service Report]( "Cybersecurity Report Shows 320% Increase In Hacking Attacks In 2016")
Cybersecurity Report Shows 320% Increase In Hacking Attacks In 2016Ransomware is now a prominent threat to hospitals. By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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![Encryption For Backup]( "25% Of Healthcare Organizations Don't Encrypt Patient Data In The Cloud")
25% Of Healthcare Organizations Don't Encrypt Patient Data In The CloudCloud 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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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 Future1/12/2010Documents are truly the lifeblood of many information-intensive businesses. For these companies, managing documents electronically can be a lifesaving business practice, as a prominent Maine medical billing company discovered—quite by accident. By Square 9 Softworks
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Beyond The Hype: How AI Will Drive The Rise Of Real-Time Analytics In Healthcare3/27/2018
Interest in artificial intelligence applications in radiology, clinical settings and operations is exploding, but its use in everyday settings in healthcare thus far has been more hype than reality.
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Leading The Healthcare Workforce With Data Science12/11/2019
The proliferation of the electronic health records (EHR) has brought much more than connectivity and continuity to patient data sharing. It also has provided a platform for clinical executives and front-line nursing managers to measure and support its most valuable resource – the caregiver. To deliver the most effective and efficient patient care, healthcare systems must rethink their engagement models for clinical resources and staff.
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How The Biocomplexity Institute Of Virginia Tech Is Leveraging High-Performance Analytics For Public Health8/15/2017
The recent outbreak of the Zika virus and its impact highlights the need for the world’s leading health organizations and governments to innovate using emerging technologies for tracking and preventing epidemics. By Harshal Shah, Senior Director, Healthcare, Persistent Systems
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White Paper: How The New PQRI Will Affect Emergency Department Provider Documentation9/23/2009The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) program instituted by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) has received changes for the 2008 calendar year. The PQRI program replaces the Physician Voluntary Reporting Program (PVRP) and involves all emergency care providers (i.e., physician assistants and nurse practitioners), not just physicians. CMS began collecting the PQRI data on July 1, 2007. Data reporting utilizes the CMS coding and billing infrastructure through the use of CPT Category II codes or in some instances G-codes. By T-System Inc.
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5 Patient Engagement Lessons From Outside Healthcare1/31/2017
We call it patient engagement; everyone else calls it customer relationship management By Raj Toleti, CEO of HealthGrid