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patients

Patients are individuals who receive medical care or treatment from healthcare providers. They are the subjects of healthcare services, including diagnosis, treatment, and management of health conditions.

Why it’s in the news: Patients are in the news due to a major data breach affecting millions, the growing role of AI in their care, and the impact of extreme weather on healthcare systems.

Latest on patients

  • CareCloud confirms 3.7M patients had their medical records stolen in data breach
  • Opinion: I’m a pediatrician. AI chatbots are grooming my patients
  • S$4.48m community rehab programme aims to help 2,000 Parkinson's patients over five years
  • ‘Inhumane’: UK’s extreme heat pushes NHS staff, patients to limit
  • What chiropractors can help with – and what patients should know
  • SCDF unveils new ambulance that can be reconfigured quickly to carry 2 patients at a time
  • Artificial intelligence is emerging as a tool to shorten this time frame
  • Automating claims review and arbitration workflows sounds efficient until you realize the system is now making consistency decisions at scale without the contextual judgment that human reviewers bring to edge cases.
  • Why the future of clinical trials depends on understanding patients, not just drugs
  • accelerate patient access
  • Daffodil Health Launches No Surprises Act Dispute Management Solution

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