Now Habersham: This online tool lets you compare costs of medical procedures for private, Medicaid and Medicare. “After entering information including your ZIP code, the Georgia APCD Cost Comparison Tool will give you the median provider costs on more than 200 medical procedures ranging from cardiac stress tests and childbirth to knee replacement and colonoscopies, the administrator of the […]

Reuters: As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts. “Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient injuries.”

France 24: Researchers turn to UK archive to solve under-50s bowel cancer mystery. “As growing numbers of younger people are being diagnosed with bowel cancer, researchers in the UK are hoping an archive dating back more than 100 years could provide answers. In a study which began in January, researchers are using cutting-edge technology to compare archived tumours with ones from the present […]

Northeastern News: New research decodes hidden bias in health care LLMs. “Large language models contain racial biases that factor into their recommendations, even in clinical health care settings. Northeastern researchers found a way to reveal these racial associations in LLMs.”