Hacker News with Generative AI: Hospitals

Bankrupt healthcare giant with 181 hospitals and clinics begins closure process (dailymail.co.uk)
A bankrupt healthcare giant is shifting services to other providers as it braces for a full shutdown.

Healthcare, Bankruptcy, Business, Hospitals

7 points by LinuxBender 9 days ago | 0 comments

Fungus labeled 'urgent threat' by CDC is spreading rapidly, hospital study finds (thehill.com)
New cases of a dangerous, drug-resistant fungus have been identified in at least two states’ hospital systems.

Health, Fungus, Drug Resistance, Hospitals

13 points by speckx 32 days ago | 0 comments

Elderly patients can deteriorate in the ER. This team works to get them out (cbc.ca)
It may seem counterintuitive, but hospital emergency rooms can be hazardous to the health of elderly patients.

Elderly Health, Hospitals, Emergency Medicine, Patient Safety

13 points by canucker2016 41 days ago | 16 comments

NHS major 'cyber incident' forces hospitals to use pen and paper (theregister.com)
The ongoing cyber security incident affecting a North West England NHS group has forced sites to fall back on pen-and-paper operations.

Cybersecurity, Healthcare, UK, Technology, Hospitals

9 points by RobinHirst11 147 days ago | 0 comments

Developing a cancer drug without Big Pharma: this hospital shows it can be done (ftm.nl)
Het Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ziekenhuis heeft een wereldwijde primeur: het ontwikkelde zonder hulp van commerciële investeerders een behandeling tegen uitgezaaide kanker.

Cancer, Healthcare, Research, Innovation, Hospitals

197 points by yread 149 days ago | 155 comments

Neurology, Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare, Hospitals

110 points by redrove 165 days ago | 137 comments

A Hospital Kept a Brain-Damaged Patient on Life Support to Boost Statistics (propublica.org)
On a Thursday morning this past April, 61-year-old Darryl Young was lying unconscious in the eighth-floor intensive care unit of Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.

Healthcare, Ethics, Hospitals, Medical Malpractice, Statistics

9 points by impish9208 205 days ago | 0 comments

AI tool cuts unexpected deaths in hospital by 26%, Canadian study finds (cbc.ca)
A year-and-a-half-long study on Chartwatch, an artificial intelligence system in use at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, shows the tool led to a striking 26 per cent drop in the number of unexpected deaths.

Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare, Hospitals, Canada, Research

230 points by isaacfrond 220 days ago | 185 comments

Cybersecurity, Healthcare, London, Hospitals, Cancer

15 points by MrsPeaches 322 days ago | 2 comments

Memories, Science, Healthcare, Hospitals

40 points by davikr 328 days ago | 25 comments

Hospitals, Taxes, Healthcare, Finance

259 points by jyunwai 377 days ago | 196 comments