David Gershgorn reports: Some of Google’s top AI researchers are trying to predict your medical outcome as soon as you’re admitted to the hospital. A new research paper, published Jan. 24 with 34 co-authors and not peer-reviewed, claims better accuracy than existing software at predicting outcomes like whether a patient will die in the hospital,…
Category: Healthcare
California fines hospitals for breaches of medical privacy
Most regular readers of this site or DataBreaches.net probably know that while we see the larger HIPAA breaches on HHS’s web site, we don’t see a listing of those breaches that affect less than 500 patients. But those breaches are still reported to HHS. And they may also have to be reported to states. Periodically, the…
Apple wants to gather all your medical records in the Health app
Romain Dillet reports: Apple announced a new health effort as part of iOS 11.3. The new Health Records section in the Health app lets you gather and view all your medical records. The company is partnering with hospitals and clinics. Apple released the first beta version of iOS 11.3 today. While the new version of…
Ottawa doctor charged with voyeurism, sexual assault
CBC News reports: Dr. Vincent Nadon of Chelsea, Que., has been charged with sexual assault and voyeurism, after a complaint from one of his patients. Nadon, 56, was practising family medicine at the University of Ottawa Health Services Clinic on Rideau Street, according to police. Police received a complaint from a female victim in her mid-twenties earlier this week,…