IBM’s Watson supercomputer may be boning up on its medical bona fides, but the concept of Dr. Watson is nothing new. We’ve been waiting on our super-smart ...

Therefore, do not purchase Disk Doctor for any reason, and if you already have, please contact your credit card company and state that the program is a computer infection and a scam and that you would ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael L. Millenson writes about healthcare as a skeptical optimist. Game Show Watson wants to be a doctor. Well, almost. Fresh ...

For physicians, the computer has become the instrument of obedience to a senseless body of regulations that directs not only the technology itself but also its use as a vehicle to "improve quality of ...

Regina Barzilay teaches one of the most popular computer science classes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. And in her research — at least until five years ago — she looked at how a ...

CONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire judge has denied an 84-year-old doctor’s request to regain her license to practice, which she had surrendered partly over her inability to use a computer. The state ...

Take the computer out of the exam room and patients perceive the doctor as more compassionate and professional, with better communication skills. That’s the finding of a study by researchers at the ...

Antimalware Doctor is a rogue anti-spyware program that is installed through malware. When installed, Antimalware Doctor will be configured to start automatically when you login to Windows. Once ...

A health care startup made a wild pitch to Cara Waller, CEO of the Newport Orthopedic Institute. The company said it could get patients more engaged with their care by automating physician empathy. It ...