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San Antonio doctors notify 2,000 patients of data breach that compromised SSNs, financial and medical info
Consultants in Pain Medicine yesterday confirmed it notified 2,062 Texans about a June 2024 data breach that compromised the following patient info: Names Social Security numbers Dates of Birth Driver’s license or other state-issued ID number Financial account into Passport numbers Medical info Health insurance policy info Ransomware gang Inc claimed responsibility for the attack in August 2024. To prove…
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AI chatbots outperform doctors in diagnosing patients, study finds
Chatbots quickly surpassed human physicians in diagnostic reasoning — the crucial first step in clinical care — according to a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine. The study suggests physicians who have access to large language models (LLMs), which underpin generative AI (genAI) chatbots, demonstrate improved performance on several patient care tasks compared to colleagues without access to the…
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How to stop waking up with a headache – advice from doctors
Waking up with a headache is a common experience. Whether your head is throbbing the minute you open your eyes or you slowly develop a tension headache after you wake up, headaches can wreak havoc on our daily life. Sleeping on the best mattress for your sleep style and body type is the number one way of making sure you…
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Will AI help doctors decide whether you live or die? – Computerworld
“Clinicians may also become de-skilled as over-reliance on the outputs of AI diminishes critical thinking,” Shegewi said. “Large-scale deployments will likely raise issues concerning patient data privacy and regulatory compliance. The risk for bias, inherent in any AI model, is also huge and might harm underrepresented populations.” Additionally, AI’s increasing use by healthcare insurance companies doesn’t typically translate into what’s…
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Chat GPT is better than doctors at diagnosing illness – Computerworld
A new research study indicates that Open AI’s chatbot Chat GPT-4 is better at diagnosing diseases than human doctors, according to The New York Times. Fifty doctors, a mix of attending physicians and residents, participated in the study; diagnoses were based on evaluations of medical patient cases. All in all, Chat GPT-4 got a 90% score for the diagnoses it delivered; the…
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Baby Safety Tips ER Doctors Want You to Know
There’s nothing that an exhausted new parent loves more than a hot cup of coffee after a terrible night. But be extra careful with that mug of liquid treasure: ER docs say that spilled coffee and other hot liquids have been known to lead to baby burns. “A common source of significant injuries for us is the stove. Not the…
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