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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.
VIDEOS FROM HIMSS14
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Is Your EHR System At Risk?5/18/2017
With an adoption rate approaching 100 percent, EHR systems have gained high traction among healthcare service providers mainly due to their operational efficiencies and the rising need for integrated healthcare facilities worldwide. By Kathy Trahan, market strategist responsible for vertical markets, Tripwire
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mHealth: Beyond The Gadget7/11/2016
Patients wearing a Fitbit®, an Apple Watch® wrist wearable device or other Wi-Fi-enabled exercise trackers are a common sight in many physician offices. These devices may have weeks’ worth of data on their daily diet, weight, exercise, and even sleep — useful information a physician should have, right?
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Don't Lose Sight Of These 5 Common Threats During Uncommon Circumstances5/6/2020
When INTERPOL warned healthcare organizations of an anticipated increase in the volume of ransomware attacks targeting hospitals during the pandemic, it got attention. The beleaguered industry, already a favorite mark for malicious actors, could ill afford to fall prey to the extortion of locked systems and data while remaining focused on their response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Embracing Expanded Telehealth Options For Non-Physician Providers4/15/2020
Remote healthcare is having a breakthrough moment across the nation. For years, the full implementation of telehealth has been stymied by insurance roadblocks and bureaucratic red tape. However, with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, many providers suddenly see telehealth as the most viable way to ensure care continuity and patient safety. As a result, telehealth options are expanding at an unprecedented pace—especially within the rehab therapy space.
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Takeaways From An EHR Switch3/28/2014
David Gibbons, executive VP & COO at UPMC Hamot shares what lessons were learned during and after the UPMC Hamot transition – UPMC’s largest implementation to date. One of the biggest takeaways was to devote time and attention to building templates to keep the medical staff calm and the transition smooth.
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EU's General Data Protection Regulation Set To Disrupt The Medical Industry8/29/2017
When the European Union introduced its plan for regulating online Cloud services, to say it caused a major disruption would most likely be an understatement. By Philip Piletic