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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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Wearable Technology Can Enhance Long Term Patient Care9/20/2017
Wearable technologies have been widely adopted by consumers to measure and track aspects of health. Bracelets can track steps and calorie burn; clothing can measure heart rate and VO2 levels. By Chris Holbert, CEO, SecuraTrac
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Case Study: Enhancing The Patient Experience With Self-Service Technology1/18/2011This case study highlights how The Medical Center of Central Georgia optimized staff productivity, reduced costs, and enhanced the overall patient experience by leveraging a kiosk self-registration solution.
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6 Unexpected Side Effects Of The Growing Telehealth Market1/31/2019
Before the telehealth market took off, people could only speculate about the positive and negative effects it might have on healthcare at large. Now that it's more established, it's possible to dive into some of the positive and negative side effects telehealth caused. Here are six of them.
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Case Intake And The Black Hole: The Need For (Digital) Automation12/15/2016
In this series, we will focus on the three primary phases of AECP: intake, processing, and reporting, as well as their related challenges. Many of the intake process-related tasks are further exacerbated as we straddle the worlds of analog (manual) and digital (automated) processes. In this article, we will review the challenges associated with AECP intake.
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Creating Roadmaps For Surgeons Using The Mac For Better Surgical Navigation11/24/2009A woman in her forties lies anesthetized on an operating table. The surgical team prepares her torso for surgery, and switches on an overhead projector. By Apple Computer Inc.
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Endpoint Rx: Innovative Healthcare Delivery Requires Secure Mobile Technology10/10/2016
Innovative healthcare delivery powered by mobile technology is just what the doctor ordered. In 1930, 40 percent of physician visits happened in the patient’s home, but by 1980 only 1 percent of appointments were house calls. By Dan Ross, CEO, Promisec