Fragmented patient records and duplicate or overlaid medical records remain a persistent safety and cost risk across U.S. health systems. Duplicate medical record creation happens when a single ...

A palliative care doctor in Austin says listening to vinyl music can lift heavy moments for families and patients receiving end-of-life care.

With 9.5% of its population estimated to be HIV-positive in 2019, Malawi has one of the highest rates of HIV prevalence in the world.

I recently took care of a patient whose medical records included multiple notes about her past open-heart surgery. Only she had never undergone open-heart surgery. That would have been obvious if the ...

Patients are increasingly uploading test results, medical images and physicians’ notes to ChatGPT for faster responses and second opinions, The New York Times reported. But healthcare experts warn ...

Over the last decade, healthcare providers have spent billions of dollars to digitize medical records. Patients, apparently, are being left out of the loop. Only about one-fifth, or 19%, of consumers ...

Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health has begun notifying patients after determining that a cybersecurity breach in September exposed personal and medical information. The health system learned Oct. 4 ...

The statue entitled Beacon of Well-Being by Stephen Canneto stands in front of the Summa Health Akron Campus main entrance on Monday, March 25, 2024, in Akron. Summa Health announced Friday that some ...

Forty-five percent of patients reported receiving an incorrect healthcare bill. The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has levied big fines against medical ...