Patient articles
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States that most often prescribe opioids to Medicaid patients
Ophelia explored how U.S. prescription opioid dispense rates in 2021 varied by state using Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data.
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Hawaii island psychologist sentenced for assaulting teen patient
A 72-year-old Kailua-Kona clinical psychologist on Friday was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting a teenage boy in 2019.
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Hospitals turn to AI to identify potential patient no-shows
Hospitals are increasingly using artificial intelligence to identify patients who are likely not to show up for appointments, current affairs programme Nieuwsuur found. Thousands of hospital appointments are missed every year and now an AI tool predicting potential no-shows has proved so successful at the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam that other hospitals are following suit. “We are looking at earlier appointments, if people showed up, or were late. But we also look at the distance they have to travel...