Abstract: The prediction of patient care costs is essential in supporting hospital financial planning and enhancing service transparency. This practical work report presents the development of a cost ...

Background: Health care artificial intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly integrated into clinical workflows, yet remain vulnerable to data-poisoning attacks. A small number of manipulated ...

A machine learning model incorporating functional assessments predicts one-year mortality in older patients with HF and improves risk stratification beyond established scores. Functional status at ...

The prediction of patient care costs is essential in supporting hospital financial planning and enhancing service transparency. This practical work report presents the development of a cost prediction ...

A mother's health during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period is the foundation of lifelong well-being, directly influencing a child's development and long-term outcomes, yet most ...

ABSTRACT: Accurate prediction of survey response rates is essential for optimizing survey design and ensuring high-quality data collection. Traditional methods often struggle to capture the complexity ...

In late 2025, pediatric behavioral health remains in the national conversation — but the focus has shifted. Where much of the past few years’ coverage described rising emergency department wait times ...

When a healthcare data breach is first disclosed, the number of people affected is often far lower than the final tally. That figure frequently climbs as investigations continue. That's exactly what ...

Climate disasters like hurricanes and heat waves can send people to the hospital with problems ranging from injuries to heat stroke. This can lead to unexpected medical bills for families – and rising ...

Utilizing the Health Insurance Disparities Index for assessment, the authors found that New York’s Medicaid health maintenance organizations (HMOs) outperformed Medicaid HMOs nationally in addressing ...

HAVRE, Mont. - Northern Montana Health Care (NMHC) informed patients of a recent data breach involving their business partner, Wakefield & Associates, LLC. The breach affected certain files within ...