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Video: Streamline Health to introduce eValuator for outpatient billing at HIMSS19
The cloud-based automated pre-bill coding analysis technology for outpatient billing includes identifying missing charges.
NYPD issues cease-and-desist letter to Google
The New York Police Department has sent Google a cease-and-desist letter, demanding that the company remove a feature that lets users know where police checkpoints are in real-time.
App lets parents 'follow' school buses
School district transportation systems across the country are beginning to use a bus-tracking app to monitor their kids as they travel to and from school each day.
Philips spotlights latest iteration of IntelliSpace Enterprise Edition at HIMSS 2019
The enterprise-wide health informatics platform now includes IntelliSpace Precision Medicine Oncology, IntelliSpace Genomics and interoperable clinical data sharing with IntelliSpace Exchange.
Russia outfits two navy ships with hallucination-inducing weapon
Two Russian Navy ships have been outfitted with a weapon capable of making victims hallucinate, according to Russian state-run media outlet RIA Novosti.
Researchers develop hotel-recognition system to assist law enforcement with human trafficking cases
In an effort to assist law enforcement in human trafficking investigations, a team of researchers has constructed a dataset of hotel room images.
Report: New skills needed as cybersecurity job gap widens
There are a number of ways to protect vulnerable data, but new research shows that there aren’t enough trained people available to make it happen.
AI diagnoses schizophrenia from brain scans
The tool was trained on resting-state brain patterns using functional magnetic resonance imaging scans from patients diagnosed with schizophrenia.
British Army to test virtual reality training for soldiers
The British Army announced that it will explore how to incorporate virtual reality (VR) into training its soldiers.
IBM and McCormick using AI to 'spice' things up
IBM and spice maker McCormick are collaborating on a line of all-in-one spice packets developed using AI.
Soldiers in US Army to be outfitted with tiny spy drones
Soldiers in the United States Army will soon be outfitted with pocket-sized drones capable of covertly assessing and reporting on battlefield conditions, according to new reports.
An app to predict species extinction risk
Conservation biologists are advancing a species-specific method of risk assessment to determine the probability that a population will become extinct within a given timeframe.
FBI partners with at-home DNA testing company for database access
The FBI has partnered with Family Tree DNA for access to the at-home DNA testing service’s DNA database, according to reports.
A modeling method to optimize mitral valve repair
The computational model simulates leaflet geometry with sufficient accuracy to improve surgical outcomes.
Smart coolers display drinks and targeted ads to customers
Walgreens is testing a new line of smart coolers equipped with displays, face-scanning cameras and technology that estimates a customer's age, gender and income.
Can an algorithm train bias out of AI?
MIT CSAIL researchers reported the development of an algorithm that automatically removes bias from the training data sets that teach it how to categorize facial images.
Study: Humans' behavior in VR environments differs from their behavior in real life
Researchers from UBC Research and State University of New York Polytechnic Institute have found that humans behave differently in a virtual reality (VR) environment than they do in real life.
San Francisco to consider ban on facial recognition technology
A lawmaker in San Francisco has presented legislation that would make the city the first in the U.S. to ban the use of facial recognition technology.
Yellow line, green turf: The innovations that drove sport action tracking
The addition of an on-screen graphic to show TV audiences the first-down line in U.S. football is now so routine that televised games that do not offer a yellow first-down line look like they are missing a standard part of the game.
Quantum computing takes a step toward commercial viability
IBM Q System One, a quantum computer designed for scientific and commercial use, is a fusion of cutting-edge technology, industrial design and systems engineering.