How long will patient live? Deep Learning takes on predictions
End of life care might be improved with Deep Learning. An AI program in a successful pilot study predicted how long people will live.
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News tagged with patient care
Security
A large US health care tech company was hacked. It's leading to billing delays and security concerns
Health care providers across the country are reeling from a cyberattack on a massive U.S. health care technology company that has threatened the security of patients' information and is delaying some prescriptions and paychecks ...
Mar 1, 2024
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Cyberattack keeps hospitals' computers offline for weeks
Key computer systems at hospitals and clinics in several states have yet to come back online more than two weeks after a cyberattack that forced some emergency room shutdowns and ambulance diversions.
Aug 19, 2023
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Business
Amid US sanctions, Huawei highlights uses for 5G technology
China's Huawei Technologies Co. is providing smart services and 5G technology to industries such as healthcare, creating new revenue streams that might offset the damage to its smartphone business from U.S. sanctions.
Nov 2, 2021
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Security
Irish health system struggling to recover from cyberattack
Ireland's health system struggled to restore computers and treat patients Tuesday, four days after it shut down its entire information technology system in response to a ransomware attack.
May 18, 2021
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Machine learning & AI
Integrating medical imaging and cancer biology with deep neural networks
Despite our remarkable advances in medicine and healthcare, the cure to cancer continues to elude us. On the bright side, we have made considerable progress in detecting several cancers in earlier stages, allowing doctors ...
May 10, 2021
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Security
As hospitals cope with a COVID-19 surge, cyber threats loom
By late morning on Oct. 28, staff at the University of Vermont Medical Center noticed the hospital's phone system wasn't working.
Dec 4, 2020
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Security
Ransomware surge imperils hospitals as pandemic intensifies
Hackers are stepping up attacks on health care systems with ransomware in the United States and other countries, creating new risks for medical care as the global coronavirus pandemic accelerates.
Nov 1, 2020
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Security
FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US health care system
Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals could hobbled all 250 U.S. facilities of the hospital chain Universal Health Services, forcing doctors and nurses to rely on paper and pencil for record-keeping and slowing lab ...
Oct 30, 2020
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Security
US authorities warn of 'imminent' cyber threat to hospitals
US security authorities warned Wednesday of an "imminent cybercrime threat" to hospitals and healthcare providers, urging them to increase their protection.
Oct 29, 2020
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