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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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nVoq Expands AI-Powered Clinical Documentation Capabilities To MatrixCare Users3/24/2026
nVoq Inc., a leader in AI-powered clinical documentation solutions for post-acute care, today announced that its medically trained voice-enabled technology will now be available within MatrixCare, a Best in KLAS-recognized electronic health record (EHR) platform serving home health, hospice, and skilled nursing providers.
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PointClickCare Launches Next-Generation EHR For Practice Groups, Powering Clinical Certainty And AI-Driven Workflows In Senior Care3/19/2026
PointClickCare, a leading health tech company helping providers deliver exceptional care, today announced the launch of its next-generation electronic health record (EHR) for Practice Groups.
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b.well And Samsung Bring 'Kill the Clipboard' To Life, Turning Smartphones Into The Front Door Of Healthcare3/10/2026
b.well Connected Health and Samsung Electronics today announced an industry-leading end-to-end consumer experience aligned with the federal "Kill the Clipboard" initiative — a nationwide effort led by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to modernize healthcare by eliminating repetitive forms and giving patients direct control of their medical data.
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Valant Expands AI-Powered Clinical Note Solution To Fit How Behavioral Health Clinicians Already Work2/25/2026
Valant, the leading provider of behavioral health EHR software, today announced expanded capabilities for its AI-powered clinical documentation tool, AI Notes Assist, enabling clinicians to generate structured clinical notes in the templates they already use across diverse workflows.
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LexisNexis Risk Solutions Launches AI-Powered Identity Management Platform For Healthcare2/19/2026
LexisNexis® Risk Solutions today announced the launch of an identity management platform with industry leading identity verification, resolution and enrichment solutions that enable healthcare organizations to manage patient and member identities across the entire healthcare journey.
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Robots, Analytics, And The Future Of Healthcare Delivery9/29/2020
Last week, the world media confirmed the number of coronavirus infections had surpassed 27 million cases worldwide, with deaths hitting nearly 900,000, nearly 187,000 of which occurred here in the U.S. The pandemic has not only upended life, economies, and industries, it has been the single largest disruptor for the healthcare industry globally, triggering unprecedented transformation.
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The Price Of Progress: Assessing The Need For A Mobile Computing Migration1/25/2011
A choice of new mobile computing hardware can often have a significant impact on existing software applications and business processes. Perhaps the disruption of a complete overhaul of software and hardware, along with the associated business processes, is more change than a business can bear. Having the prerogative to phase in change on the timetable of your business versus the “rip and replace” timetable of technology is difficult to achieve. By Intermec
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Telehealth & HIPAA: What Physicians Need to Know To Be Compliant5/11/2015
As with conventional medicine, a telehealth and video physician or caregiver must uphold the same duties to safeguard a patient’s medical record and keep their treatments confidential. In addition, storage of electronic documents, pictures, and audio/video recordings must uphold the same precaution and care credited to paper documents. By Allan Ridings, senior risk management & patient safety specialist, Cooperative of American Physicians
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Improving Revenue Cycle Performance With Comparative Analytics6/28/2017
How can you determine whether your organization’s business performance is clicking on all cylinders? Many organizations have invested in business intelligence tools to help measure their internal performance, evaluate areas in need of improvement, and identify best practices. Yet, what exactly are “best practices” and how can an organization know if their practices truly are best? By Chris Bodam, RemitDATA
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How New Tools In Data And AI Are Being Used In Healthcare And Medicine9/2/2019
AI will have a huge impact on healthcare. It is currently moving out of the laboratory and into real-world applications for healthcare and medicine. Many startups are using modern data and AI technologies to tackle problems related to workflow optimization and automation, demand forecasting, treatment and care, diagnostics, drug discovery, personalized medicine, and many other areas. Some of these companies are beginning to speak publicly about their AI initiatives; our upcoming Artificial Intelligence conferences in San Jose and London have a strong roster of speakers who will describe applications of AI in Health and Medicine.
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How The 360-Degree Patient View Drives Data-Driven Care Decisions8/17/2017
It’s no secret. The way most of us make important healthcare decisions is fundamentally flawed. By Eric Sullivan, Senior Vice President, Product Innovation & Data Management, Inovalon