Healthtech firm CareCloud data breach impacts 3.7 million patients
U.S. healthcare IT company CareCloud disclosed that the data breach incident it suffered earlier this year has impacted…
How major hospitals are embracing AI chatbots to query patient records
Katie covers the impact of health technology on patients, clinicians, and businesses. Her stories explore the price tag…
Why some veterans are furious about new cap on healthcare spending
In the Senate on Wednesday, Jacqui Lambie rose to speak on an extraordinarily personal topic — her recent…
New sweating discovery reveals hidden limits of body cooling
The purpose of perspiration was a mystery in 1775, when English physician Charles Brian Blagden and a few…
GLP-1s emerge as one of most ‘disruptive economic forces’ in healthcare
A panel examines the expansion of GLP-1 medications beyond weight loss, exploring new medical uses, potential side effects…
Video games are transforming health care for kids
If you’re like me, and you grew up in a house where your mom refused to let you…
Meet Rayhan Papar, the 18-year-old Texas student who trained a da Vinci surgical robot to remove tumors; it succeeded in 3 of 4 gel-model tests
Meet Rayhan Papar, the 18-year-old Texas student (Image Credit: Society for Science/Chris Ayers Photography) Surgical robots are already…
The Doctors Who ‘Don’t See Pregnant Patients’
The resident was apologetic over the phone, embarrassed for reasons outside his control. He was transferring, from his…
NT Health calls for surge workforce at Darwin, Palmerston hospitals amid ‘immense’ staff pressures
The head of the Northern Territory Health Department has issued an urgent call-out for almost 60 qualified health…
New WHO online course strengthens safe and sustainable health-care waste management
Safe management of health-care waste is essential to protect patients, health workers and communities, prevent pollution and support…
Whoop Expands Beyond Its Wearable Membership With Blood Tests
Health-tracking wearables offer insight into what’s going on inside our bodies, and it’s become increasingly common for those…
When an overloaded ED gets it wrong, who should be accountable?
At this time of year, crowded hospital emergency departments are a familiar sight around New Zealand. It’s also…