We’ve all done it, typed a symptom into Google or scrolled social media looking for answers. The problem is that not all ...

To evaluate whether health information you’ve found online is reliable, you can consider its sources, evaluate it for bias, and check it against what trustworthy sources are saying on the topic.

Credit: Getty Images. Although convenient access to health information online has the potential to improve outcomes as the result of patients being more informed, ensuring the accuracy of that ...

Health care data breaches soared to record-breaking levels in 2023, fueled by a surge in ransomware attacks and increased targeting of the third-party vendors hospitals and other health care providers ...

Receiving health misinformation can lead to a delay in receiving the proper diagnosis and care from a medical professional or ...

A proposal to deregulate AI products used in health care would shift the burden of vetting those tools onto health systems.

Using ChatGPT for health information may be quick, low cost, and provide a sense of privacy. However, it doesn’t always provide reliable, up-to-date, or consistent data. ChatGPT is an artificial ...

ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that uses advanced language technology to converse like a human. It aims to understand and learn from different topics, and users can train it to ...

Health informatics saves lives by combining information technology and computer science with clinical expertise and management for better patient care. It's a broad field, and the far-ranging effects ...

Eighty percent of all U.S. Internet users, or 59 percent of all American adults, look up health information online, according to a new report released today (May 12) by the Pew Research Center. In ...

YouTube Health has unlocked a new door for health professionals to bring high quality health information into the homes of patients. Medical professionals can now apply to make their videos eligible ...

It is one thing for AI to be informational. But it now has gone into being clinical. Is this good or bad? What is the ...