Health data’s potential can be vertigo-inducing, with seemingly limitless insights available to be mined from data sets old and new. The risks, too, can turn the stomach: faulty and biased algorithms; ...

Rhode Island doctors are working to make medical forms easier for patients through AI. "These forms can be very long and tedious," said Dr. Rohaid Ali, a neurosurgeon and researcher at Lifespans' ...

Literacy at less than a ninth-grade level almost doubles the five-year risk of mortality among elderly people, regardless of education, socioeconomic status, or health, according to a study led by a ...

A big difference between Parkland Memorial Hospital and the two hospitals owned by UT Southwestern Medical Center can be seen on paper, in their surgical consent forms. Parkland's form tells patients ...

Parents who are asked to sign consent forms allowing researchers to enroll their children in medical studies often have a poor idea of what they are agreeing to. But when the forms are redesigned and ...

The consent forms signed by patients who take part in medical studies are written in such complex language that most Americans could not understand them, a study suggests. The study looked at the ...

ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. — When you send your kids to school, you expect they will be taken care of if they have a bump or bruise or aren't feeling well. But because of Florida's new "Parental Rights In ...

JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) – Washington County, Tennessee Schools are sending out consent forms to parents and guardians for permission to administer medical care to students. Washington County ...