Abstract: The prediction of patient care costs is essential in supporting hospital financial planning and enhancing service transparency. This practical work report presents the development of a cost ...

Background: Health care artificial intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly integrated into clinical workflows, yet remain vulnerable to data-poisoning attacks. A small number of manipulated ...

A machine learning model incorporating functional assessments predicts one-year mortality in older patients with HF and improves risk stratification beyond established scores. Functional status at ...

The prediction of patient care costs is essential in supporting hospital financial planning and enhancing service transparency. This practical work report presents the development of a cost prediction ...

ABSTRACT: Accurate prediction of survey response rates is essential for optimizing survey design and ensuring high-quality data collection. Traditional methods often struggle to capture the complexity ...

Health care spending in the US reached $5.3 trillion and increased 7.2 percent in 2024, similar to growth of 7.4 percent in 2023, as increased demand for health care influenced this two-year trend. As ...

In late 2025, pediatric behavioral health remains in the national conversation — but the focus has shifted. Where much of the past few years’ coverage described rising emergency department wait times ...

OpenAI has acquired the health-care technology startup Torch. Torch was building a "unified medical memory" for AI that aimed to bring a patient's health data into one place. OpenAI and Torch did not ...

When a healthcare data breach is first disclosed, the number of people affected is often far lower than the final tally. That figure frequently climbs as investigations continue. That's exactly what ...

OpenAI continues its push into healthcare with the launch of ChatGPT Health, a new feature that connects its artificial intelligence chatbot with users' medical records and wellness apps for more ...

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Climate disasters like hurricanes and heat waves can send people to the hospital with problems ranging from injuries to heat stroke. This can lead to unexpected medical bills for families – and rising ...