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Incident 17714 Report
AI Claims System at Kenya's Public Health Insurer Reportedly Rejected Legitimate Hospital Claims as Fraudulent
2025-09-02
Kenya's parliamentary health committee reported that the Social Health Authority, the country's public health insurer, used AI that wrongly flagged legitimate hospital claims as fraudulent. The findings included Matata Nursing Home in Homa Bay County. The committee linked unjust AI-driven denials to financial strain on facilities and recommended mandatory human review of flagged claims.
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Collection of Robotic Surgery Malfunctions
2015-07-13
Study on database reports of robotic surgery malfunctions (8,061), including those ending in injury (1,391) and death (144), between 2000 and 2013.
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Purportedly AI-Powered Software Allegedly Used to Replace Montefiore Hospital Utilization-Review Nurses Despite Contractual AI Safeguards
2026-05-28
Montefiore Hospital in New York reportedly laid off 12 utilization-review nurses after changing the department's workflow and introducing AI-powered software. The nurses' union alleged that the technology replaced their work and violated contractual protections governing AI. Montefiore disputed that account and described the changes as part of a nonclinical paperwork program.
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Purportedly AI-Assisted Hospital-Bed Prioritization Allegedly Delayed Intensive Care Before a Patient's Death in Minas Gerais, Brazil
2026-06-06
The family of a 32-year-old patient in Minas Gerais, Brazil, alleged that Core-MG, an AI-assisted hospital-bed allocation system, understated her condition and delayed intensive care. Her sister said the severity score impeded reprioritization. The patient died hours after transfer. The state health department denied a system failure in her case and said physicians assessed patients according to clinical need and bed availability.
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A Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital Employee in Baltimore Reportedly Uploaded Patient Data to an Unapproved AI Tool
2026-09-21
An employee at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, reportedly uploaded a spreadsheet containing patient information to an unapproved public AI tool. The hospital notified 3,182 patients of potential exposure, sought deletion of the data, and reinforced staff training. The tool and its developer were not identified; further disclosure or misuse has not been established.
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