health technology

Software sifts through millions of medical records to match patients with similar diagnoses and characteristics and predicts what kind of care an individual will need. New rules will ensure humans are part of the process.

Kai Koerber was a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High during the 2018 massacre. Seeing his peers — and himself — struggle with returning to normal, he says he wanted to do something to help people manage emotions.

Orlando Health is expanding its virtual technology to make better use of employees and ease patients' comfort.

With the rise of AI, people who once turned to Google to check on medical issues are going to chatbots. Researchers say the bots are often more accurate but urge caution in the absence of regulations.

The National Eating Disorders Association took down a controversial chatbot, after users showed how the newest version could dispense potentially harmful advice about dieting and calorie counting.

Powerful new artificial intelligence tools can perpetuate long-standing racial inequities if they are not designed very carefully. Researchers and regulators are taking note, but perils are vast.

HHS is tasked with monitoring denials both by ACA plans and those offered through employers and insurers. As ’ denials become more common, they sometimes defy not just medical standards but sheer logic. Why hasn’t the agency fulfilled its assignment?

Giant corporations like Microsoft and Google, plus many startups, are eyeing health care profits from programs based on artificial intelligence.

U.S. hospitals have seen a record number of cyberattacks over the past few years. Getting hacked can cost a hospital millions of dollars and expose patient data, and even jeopardize patient care.

A growing number of hospitals are shifting care into patients' homes. That means moving medications, machines and staffing with it, but hospitals are finding patients heal better, and it's cheaper.