Health informatics
Opinion: What should we fear with AI in medicine?
Will the threats associated with artificial intelligence be as bad as some fear? Or will AI be relatively benign? Could the answer be somewhere in between?
May 28, 2024
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News tagged with personal health data
Health informatics
Measuring differential privacy could balance meaningful analytics and health care data security
In industries such as health care, where data generation grows by 47% each year, information collected within electronic health records could help inform more efficient care operations or more accurate diagnoses. However, ...
May 6, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
AI has 'huge potential' in infection control, as long as the right questions are asked and safeguards are in place
A new research review to be given at a pre-congress day for this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024) will look at the many ways artificial intelligence can help prevent ...
Feb 27, 2024
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Health informatics
Your smart watch isn't a medical device—but it is tracking all your health data
For millions of people, smartwatches aren't just a piece of technology. They can use them to take control of their health in ways never thought possible.
Feb 26, 2024
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Health informatics
Using citizens' data securely in research: COVID-19 data donation projects show how it can be done
Smartphones, smartwatches and associated apps are constantly improving their ability to record and store personal health data. The initial proposal for the EU law for a European Health Data Space in 2022 would allow depersonalized ...
Feb 12, 2024
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Personal wealth associated with health care costs in people with Alzheimer's disease
Finland has a strong public health care system; nevertheless, personal wealth is associated with the costs of hospital care and medication in people with Alzheimer's disease. Higher levels of wealth were associated with greater ...
Nov 28, 2023
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Medications
Antidepressants prescription associated with a lower risk of testing positive for COVID-19
New research led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London has found that community mental health patients who were prescribed antidepressants were significantly less likely ...
Jun 20, 2023
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Medical economics
Exploring a new frontier in health care technology: Non-fungible tokens for secure health data management
Digital transformation in health care has been greatly catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in the accelerated adoption of digital health solutions such as telemedicine, remote monitoring and the Internet of ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Health
Personal sensing at work: Tracking burnout, balancing privacy
Personal sensing data could help monitor and alleviate stress among resident physicians, although privacy concerns over who sees the information and for what purposes must be addressed, according to collaborative research ...
Nov 16, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Hair straightening chemicals associated with higher uterine cancer risk
Women who used chemical hair straightening products were at higher risk for uterine cancer compared to women who did not report using these products, according to a new study from the National Institutes of Health. The researchers ...
Oct 17, 2022
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