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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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Nexcess Introduces Dedicated Healthcare Hosting For Organizations Managing Sensitive Patient Data4/22/2026
Nexcess, a specialty cloud hosting provider built for regulated and sensitive workloads, announced the availability of its dedicated healthcare hosting solution.
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Graphium Health Launches Capture AI To Transform Data Capture And Eliminate Costly Integrations4/21/2026
Graphium Health announced the launch of Capture AI, a powerful new feature designed to revolutionize how healthcare organizations capture and process patient data.
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Reveleer Introduces Clinical Data Repository To Establish A Unified, AI-Enriched Member-Level Clinical Record Across Health Plan Enterprise Operations4/7/2026
Reveleer, a leading provider of AI-enabled solutions empowering data-driven health plan performance, today announced the launch of Clinical Data Repository, a centralized, AI-enabled clinical data management solution designed to help health plans reliably store and reuse medical records across risk adjustment, quality reporting, audit response, and care management programs.
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Greenway Health® Collaborating With KNB Communications To Amplify News Of Its AI-By-Design Electronic Health Record (EHR)4/7/2026
Greenway Health, a leader in agentic AI and ambulatory care innovation, has officially debuted Novare, a fully integrated clinical and revenue cycle platform built specifically for ambulatory care.
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GRAIL Announces Integration Of The Galleri® Test Into Epic Electronic Health Record Platform To Expand Access Nationwide4/7/2026
GRAIL, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRAL), a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early when it can be cured, today announced a collaboration with Epic to bring the Galleri® multi-cancer early detection test into one of the nation's most widely used electronic health record (EHR) platforms, supporting broader adoption across health systems in the United States.
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Taking Steps Toward Technology-Supported Population Health Management11/17/2016
Right now, there are multiple forces driving physicians toward population health management. For one thing, chronic disease — both the prevalence of chronic illness and the cost of treating it — is giving clinicians reasons to divert attention away from episodic care and focus more on managing the ongoing health of patients. In addition, evolving payment models are beginning to reward healthcare providers for quality and efficiency — and that is financially motivating doctors to zero in on population health.
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EHR Systems Have 3 Major Hurdles To Overcome Before They Can Truly Improve Patient Care3/13/2019
The vast majority of healthcare facilities have now adopted some form of electronic health records (EHRs), but the transition has been a challenge for many providers. A recent survey by Stanford Medicine has revealed what many doctors already know: that a majority of them are unhappy with their current EHR systems. In fact, more than half of respondents said their current EHR systems need a “complete overhaul.”
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10 Things To Watch For In Healthcare In 20181/1/2018
With 2017 in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to look at how healthcare will evolve in 2018. The last year has been an eventful one; from the uproar in regulations to potential mega-mergers. Needless to say, it’s a time of transition, and healthcare is in a very fluid state — evolving and expanding. There are certainly going to be new ways to keep healthcare providers and health IT pros stay engaged and excited, and here are our top 10 picks.
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How UC Is Helping ACOs Integrate Comms For Better Care5/29/2018
Today’s healthcare system is marked by transformation — whether it’s new models of care stemming from changes in our nation’s administration or innovative digital technologies evolving in response to shifting patient expectations. Over the last five to seven years, one of the most influential changes has been the creation of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) that seek to treat populations of patients in a holistic manner with seamlessly coordinated care from all aspects of the healthcare system. One of the goals of ACOs is to achieve the “triple aim” of healthcare — defined by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) as the simultaneous pursuit of improving patient care as well as the health of populations and reducing the per capita cost of healthcare.
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HIPAA 2015: Will You Be Ready?2/4/2015
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is getting serious, and so should you. It’s time to move beyond just having a binder full of policies sitting on a shelf. You must educate your workforce so that each and every member, from top to bottom, understands the practical, day-to-day application of your security policies and can demonstrate compliance. The OCR has the ability to level fines, which start at a minimum of $10,000 (it goes up from there, based on severity), for what has been called “willful neglect of compliance.” By Jim Tufts, Health IT Consultant, ICE Technologies, Inc.
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Case Study: Duplicate Records Compromise EHR Investment12/29/2009Children’s Medical Center in Dallas made a major financial commitment to an EHR in 2001, but when the data from the old master patient index (MPI) was loaded into the new system, big problems arose. By Just Associates