patient

A patient is an individual who receives medical care or treatment from a healthcare professional or institution. They are the subject of diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing health management within the healthcare system.

Why it’s in the news: Patients are in the news due to their role in critical public health crises, the application of new AI technologies in their care, and the challenges in protecting their sensitive data.

Latest on patient

• Questions remain over Ebola patient who travelled across three nations undetected
• Spirit of Hong Kong Awards: youth-led charity supports young cancer patients
• Epic’s AI Security Test Exposes Untraceable Patient Data Access
• STAT+: Why this startup is taking its AI to predict breast cancer risk directly to patients
• NHS South East rolls out skin cancer AI that can discharge patients alone
• Caring for her dying father at 17 shaped how this veteran nurse cares for breast cancer patients today
• a lawsuit was filed alleging that ChatGPT's medical advice contributed to a patient's near-fatal pulmonary embolism
• A surgeon at Tseung Kwan O Hospital in Hong Kong operated on the wrong organ of an 85-year-old woman on February 7, according to a hospital investigation released Thursday. The incident proved fatal for the patient

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