How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Health Care
In nearly every corner of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus – in clinics, in classrooms, in offices, and in laboratories – faculty members and students are thinking about…
Advance Care Planning: Advance Directives for Health Care
Español Create your own plan NIA’s new email series, Ready, Set, Plan! A Weekly Guide to Advance Care Planning, will help you start planning for your future health care over…
What Are Palliative Care and Hospice Care?
Español Many Americans die in facilities such as hospitals or nursing homes receiving care that is not consistent with their wishes. It’s important for older adults to plan ahead and…
What Is Medicare? How It Works, Who Qualifies, and How to Enroll
Part A Deductible and Copayment Amounts for Calendar Years 2023 and 2024 2023 2024 Inpatient hospital deductible $1,600 $1,632 Daily copayment for 61st–90th Day $400 $408 Daily copayment for…
A parasitic industry: Understanding why America does not define healthcare as a basic human right
One of the promises McCarthy made to become speaker was to force a vote on dialing back 2023/2024 spending back to 2021 levels — and there’s been a 7% inflation…
Causes, Symptoms, Treatment & Stages
What is Alzheimer’s disease? Alzheimer’s disease (pronounced “alz-HAI-mirs”) is a brain condition that causes a progressive decline in memory, thinking, learning and organizing skills. It eventually affects a person’s ability…
What It Is, How It’s Used, and 4 Basic Techniques
What Is Data Analytics? Data analytics is the science of analyzing raw data to make conclusions about information. Many of the techniques and processes of data analytics have been automated…
What is PHI (Protected/Personal Health Information)?
What is PHI? Protected health information (PHI), also referred to as personal health information, is the demographic information, medical histories, test and laboratory results, mental health conditions, insurance information and…
What is Artificial Intelligence (AI) ?
While a number of definitions of artificial intelligence (AI) have surfaced over the last few decades, John McCarthy offers the following definition in this 2004 paper (PDF, 127 KB) (link resides outside…
What is Mental Health? | SAMHSA
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act, and helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices.…