Having your records stolen in a healthcare data breach can be a prescription for financial disaster. If scam artists break into healthcare networks and grab your medical information, they can impersonate you to get medical services, use your data to open credit accounts, break into your bank accounts, obtain drugs illegally, and even blackmail you… Continue reading How to Fight Medical ID Theft
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Will Exploring Your Family History Unearth The Unexpected?
Actress Katey Sagal discovered a surprising fact about her family history when she appeared on the “Who Do You Think You Are?” TV show, which features celebrities tracing their roots. Some of her distant ancestors were Amish – a bit of information that somehow failed to work its way down through the ages to her… Continue reading Will Exploring Your Family History Unearth The Unexpected?
Electronic Health Records Provide Unexpected Diagnoses
Researchers who have investigated thousands of electronic health records say there could be more accurate and less expensive ways to identify who have undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes. Not only did they develop an algorithm with the potential to vastly the number of diagnoses, they also uncovered several previously unknown risk factors for diabetes, including a… Continue reading Electronic Health Records Provide Unexpected Diagnoses
When Are Computers Better Than Doctors?
A computer system did better than doctors when it came to collecting and reporting information about patients, according to a study by researchers at Cedars-Sinai. The investigators said that their study indicates the possibility of computers to improve the quality of medical care. They emphasized that they didn’t expect technology to replace physicians in clinical… Continue reading When Are Computers Better Than Doctors?