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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
FEATURED CONTENT
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Talking Tech And Natural Language Processing – Making It Work In Healthcare11/18/2020
Futurists paint a bright picture of smart clinical technology: ask a chatbot what the right dose of ACE inhibitors is to give a patient with moderate aortic stenosis, and the all-knowing bot will spit out the right answer, based on millions of patient cases. Appealing? Absolutely. Ready for prime time? Definitely not.
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3 Steps To Help Hospitals Improve Financial Health During The COVID Pandemic And Beyond10/21/2020
Healthcare organizations around the country are struggling financially as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the American Hospital Association (AHA), projected total losses for the nation’s hospitals and health systems are estimated to be at least $323.1 billion in 2020. While it may be difficult to focus on finances during this unprecedented health crisis, it is imperative to do so. Figuring out where to start on the path to financial wellness is the hardest part.
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Case Study: Fujitsu LifeBook Tablet PC Plays Leading Role At New High-Tech Hospital8/12/2009Implement a device that would allow caregivers to collect and share patient data digitally. By Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.
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70% Of Healthcare Organizations Lack The Resources To Properly Secure Data In The Cloud7/17/2019
Gartner predicts that by 2022, more than 30 percent of hospital data centers will be based in the cloud. The healthcare sector has traditionally been skeptical about the cloud, but Gartner says that budget pressures and the need to reduce capital expenditure are changing that mindset. Healthcare organizations that migrate their data and services to the cloud must take extra measures to manage and secure those assets effectively.
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Maybe Healthcare Needs A Quadruple Aim?9/2/2016
The IHI Triple Aim is a framework developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement that describes an approach to optimizing health system performance. The framework’s intent seeks a simultaneous pursuit of improving the patient experience of care (including quality and satisfaction); improving the health of populations; and reducing the per capita cost of health care. By Danielle Miller, PHD(c), MSN, RNC-OB Chief Nursing Officer, Clinical Applications
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Why Email Encryption Is Crucial In The EHR Age8/25/2011This article uncovers the vulnerabilities inherent in email communication and why email encryption is crucial to protecting PHI in this era of EHR ubiquity. By Daniel Stevens, Chief Executive Officer, Send Technology Inc.