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Its Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs aims to make changes that allow providers to focus on patients.

Natasha Phillips will take on the new role this April.

Here's a sneak peek at some of the impressive logistics behind the HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition, the biggest healthcare information and technology show of the year.

In the first edition of the HIMSS TV series "Assimilation," we take a tour of Inova Fairfax Hospital, where residents in training and physicians use operative simulators and immersive 3D to hone their surgical skills.

Not only can speech recognition increase the time clinicians spend with patients, but using the technology in the cloud will ensure clinicians are less restricted, says Dr. Simon Wallace, CCIO at Nuance Communications UK Ltd.

Dr. Ahmed Safwat Mitwalli Elassal, board member with the Egyptian General Authority of Healthcare, says Egypt is well-placed to deploy best practice technology solutions across Africa.

Pete Rose, currently director of enterprise services and deputy chief digital, data and technology officer at the Home Office, has also been named as the new deputy CEO of the organisation.

ANCILE Solutions’ training technology, uPerform, helps organisations with the deployment and optimisation of software systems.

800 of Dr. Scott Jensen’s patients have thus far opted for virtual visits in rural Arizona. The telehealth tech has an easy ROI, he says, and boosts patient satisfaction.