American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying (ACAMAID) – Happy Birthday
February 15, 2021 marks the first anniversary of the American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying (ACAMAID).The Academy is the first national organization devoted solely to the clinical aspects of medical aid in dying. For clinicians, ACAMA... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - February 16, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Survey finds concerns AND hope to address growing mental health needs due to the covid pandemic
This study provides proof-of-concept of the viability for researchers and private companies to work collaboratively toward a common good. Digital services providers reported a diverse range of mental health concerns. A recurring observation is that demand for digital mental health support has risen, and that the nature of this demand has also changed since COVID-19, with an apparent increased presentation of anxiety and loneliness.
News in Context:
Three ways to protect your mental health during –and after– COVID-19
The landscape of digital mental health apps: huge unmet needs, quality concerns, app stores asked to e...
Source: SharpBrains - February 11, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation anxiety COVID-19 digital health digital mental health Humanest Care loneliness mental health apps Mental Health Tsunami mental healthcare ORCHA Source Type: blogs
Need to revisit screen time?
Just about every single one of us is spending too much time in front of a screen these days. Many, if not most, of us are spending most of our days on one — including, unfortunately, our children.
Hindsight is 20/20, of course. When the pandemic began a year ago, we had no way of knowing it would last so long. Suddenly, school became remote, daycare ended. Many parents started working remotely, and those who remained in the workplace had less oversight at home. At the same time sports, playdates, and other non-screen activities literally disappeared. We naturally went into survival mode and turned on the screens. We let ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - February 9, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Adolescent health Behavioral Health Children's Health Parenting Source Type: blogs
Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 06 February, 2021.
Here are a few I came across last week. Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment. ----- https://www.digitalhealth.net/2021/01/what-we-still-need-to-use-ai-safely-and-quickly-in-the-healthcare/ What we still need to use AI safely and quickly in healthcare The use of artificial intelligence in healthcare is often touted as a technology which can transform how tasks are carried out across the NHS. Rachel Dunscombe, CEO of the NHS digital acade...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - February 6, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
The landscape of digital mental health apps: huge unmet needs, quality concerns, app stores asked to ensure transparency
Addressing the mental health crisis (Pharma Field):
Each day we find out more about the mental health effects of the pandemic. Early on, the Office for National Statistics found that one in five Britons reported symptoms of depression, compared with one in 10 before. And, according to a recent study led by the University of Nottingham and King’s College London, stress, anxiety and depression were all significantly higher in participants compared with ‘population norms’, with 64% of the participants reporting symptoms of depression and 57% reporting symptoms of anxiety.
… Through simple force of necessity, COVID-19 ...
Source: SharpBrains - February 5, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation advertising standards cognitive behavioural therapy consumer protection digital health digital health applications digital mental health digital mental health interventions digital therapeutic Source Type: blogs
Fostering Student Interest in Palliative Care
by Christian Sinclair (@ctsinclair)Most palliative care teams love to have medical students on service, but the access may be variable. Some schools make palliative care rotations mandatory, some optional, while others make it hard to find or " build your own. " I do outpatient palliative care, so I see medical students less often than my inpatient colleagues, but we do get a number of nursing students, pharmacy residents, psychology learners rotating with our clinic at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Having learners rotate is an excellent way to teach primary palliative care skills, to help learners early in thei...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - January 29, 2021 Category: Palliative Care Tags: learner sinclair student Source Type: blogs
And You Thought Health Insurance Was Bad
By KIM BELLARD
I spend most of my time thinking about health care, but a recent The New York Times article – How the American Unemployment System Failed – by Eduardo Porter, caught my attention. I mean, when the U.S. healthcare system looks fair by comparison, you know things are bad.
Long story short: unemployment doesn’t help as many people as it should, for as much as it should, or for as long as it should.
It does kind of remind you of healthcare, doesn’t it?
The pandemic, and the associated recession, has unemployment in the news more than since the “Great Recession” of 2008 and per...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy Insurance Kim Bellard Unemployment Source Type: blogs
If you ’re a fruit fly, tease your mind with this optical illusion. Humans welcome too.
This study shows how illusions can provide insight into visual processing mechanisms and principles across phyla.
More fun illusions and brain teasers:
Three quick brain teaser games to test your perceptual and cognitive skills
Test your Brain with these 10 Visual Illusions
Top 25 fun Brain Teasers and Puzzles
12 fun riddles to welcome a sharp new year
What are cognitive abilities and how to boost them?
The post If you’re a fruit fly, tease your mind with this optical illusion. Humans welcome too. first appeared on SharpBrains. (Source: SharpBrains)
Source: SharpBrains - January 26, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain Teasers cognitive cognitive-skills optical illusion optical-illusions perception rotating snake illusion visual-perception Source Type: blogs
Addressing racism with compassion, data analytics
This article is written byJohn Halamka, M.D.,president, Mayo Clinic Platform, andPaul Cerrato,senior research analyst and communications specialist, Mayo Clinic Platform.We speak often about the need to combine human and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve patient care. Equally important is the marriage of compassion and data analytics ― a powerful duo that is proving invaluable in the battle to eradicate the systemic racism that still permeates health care.Unfortunately, numerous examples demonstrate that systemic racism continues to affect the patient experience and leads to mistrust of health care institutions amo...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - January 19, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
A Small But Certain Step Toward Removing the “X” Waiver
Jeffrey A. SingerOn January 14, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued new,relaxed guidelines for physicians wishing to prescribe buprenorphine to their patients with opioid use disorder. While the so ‐called “X” waiver required of prescribers remains, thenew guidelines permit physicians (not nurse practitioners or physician assistants) to prescribe buprenorphine without the waiver. They may only prescribe to patients located within their own state and they may have no more than 30 opioid use disorder patients on buprenorphine at any time.Buprenorphine is a synthetic opioid that was develope...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 16, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
Election Results in Georgia Open Potential Path to Immigration Reform: Here Are Some Ideas
ConclusionThere are many other immigration reforms that Congress should consider, but the above are a very quick summation of some reform ideas that my colleagues and I have written about elsewhere and that we ’ve discussed for years. Even a slight liberalization of immigration would be very positive for the United States so politicians should not hesitate to take it. The political situation will change in the coming months and years, but right now there is a lot of momentum for the new Congress and Pre sident to pursue reform. (Source: Cato-at-liberty)
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 8, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
Unsettled Science
Discussion1. What seems to be the scientist ’s attitude toward science? Toward truth?2. What is the librarian ’s philosophy about truth?3. What arguments does the scientist use to support his point about science?4. What examples does the librarian use that he says make him cautious about statements of truth?5. The two men discussing truth have different personalities and attitudes. What can you point to in the story that reveals each man ’s personality?6. At the beginning of the story, the author describes the two men in one way, but as the story progresses, their description changes. Comment on what the changes are ...
Source: The Virtual Salt - January 7, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Robert Harris Source Type: blogs
American Compass Shouldn ’t Reject the Economics of Immigration
ConclusionCass and the other writers at American Compass can ignore economic theory, economic evidence, and the huge volume of peer ‐reviewed and non‐peer‐reviewed research on the economics of immigration as much or as little as they choose. But they cannot get away with telling the world that it is “paper thin” and focused almost entirely on a “massive influx of Cuban refugees in Miami in 1980.” I do not hope to change Cass’s mind, but hopefully I can at least convince him and some other readers of American Compass that there is a lot more to the economics of immigration than research about Mi...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 30, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
