Weekly Overseas Health IT Links –3rd September, 2022.
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://healthitanalytics.com/news/machine-learning-tools-predict-post-op-complications-surgery-durationMachine-Learning Tools Predict Post-Op Complications, Surgery DurationResearchers from Washington University in St. Louis have developed machine-learning tools that can predict post-operative complications and surgery duration using perioperative data.ByShania K...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 3, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
September 01, 2022 Edition-----This week it is all about weather and climate change with floods, heatwaves and droughts in Parkistan, Europe and China. In the US drought is causing all sorts of food supply issues and price rises.In the EU was a seeing all sorts of energy supply problems.In Australia we have a feast of investigations into ScoMo, RoboDebt and so on. Lots to browse!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/us-alliance-fear-that-dare-not-speak-its-name-20220818-p5bat8US alliance fear that dare not speak its nameUneasiness about divided, inward-looking America fulfilling its security gua...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 1, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Disabilities and Accessibility in Health IT: The Need Is Constant – Part 1
Of all industries, health care above all should provide accessible web sites to support people with disabilities or special needs. Our field deals disproportionately with the elderly and with people who suffer a range of disabilities, physical and mental. Furthermore, the field is getting more and more digital with wellness sites, telehealth, and fitness devices—so making them accessible is crucial to making health care accessible.
Caroline Jerome, a designer who is a partner and chief creative officer at TBGA, pointed out to me that digital technologies have expanded the options available to disabled people. Accommodati...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 23, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Ambulatory Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC accessiBe Accessibility Ada Brandon Cooper Caroline Jerome Digital Health Accessibility Disability Dylan Barrell Get Source Type: blogs
I Have To Say I Find This A Little Confusing But It Is A Sign Of The Times And You Needs To Be Alert!
This appeared last week:Australian court finds insurer not liable for ransomware clean-up costsByRy CrozieronAug 9, 2022 6:31AMVictim left on the hook.An Australian lawsuit over ransomware insurance cover has ruled the victim, automotive distributor and services firm Inchcape, can ’t claim costs it incurred in the clean-up and recovery from the attack, such as for forensics, incident response and replacement hardware.Thejudgment, handed down by the federal court last week, declares such costs as decisions taken by the victim, rather than as costs directly incurred from the attack and therefore not claimable under the ins...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 17, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
How every doctor should address a patient ’ s pain
From medical school to residency, I’ve worked with colleagues who don’t prescribe pain medications for their patients who truly need them. Or they are just very hesitant about doing so. Some simply don’t believe in them. Others fear the legal implications like being named to a med mal or wrongful death lawsuit. And several avoid
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How every doctor should address a patient’s pain originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 15, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ton La, Jr., MD, JD Tags: Conditions Pain Management Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 15 August, 2022.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a 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.General Comment-----Interesting to see ongoing funding for the #myHR announced to help Accenture keep is all going. Not sure why?Lots of NBN news with the Annual Report released.-----https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/ransomware-attacks-on-the-rise-report.htmlThursday, 11 August 2022 15:33Ransomware attacks on the rise: reportBy Staff Write...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 15, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 13th August 2022.
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://ehrintelligence.com/news/va-appoints-functional-champion-for-ehr-modernization-programVA Appoints Functional Champion for EHR Modernization ProgramThe new functional champion appointment will assist the VA EHR Modernization program as it struggles with implementation delays and cost overruns, the VA stated.BySarai RodriguezAugust 05, 2022 - The Depart...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 13, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Breaking the vicious cycle of medical malpractice lawsuits
Lawsuits are conventional in medical practice. An unhappy patient hires a malpractice attorney, who hires a medical expert, who interprets the standards of care and generalizes a departure from the standards of care and proximate cause. The preponderance of evidence is 50% certainty plus an ill-defined scintilla, which needs to be only 0.01% to be
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Breaking the vicious cycle of medical malpractice lawsuits originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 11, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Howard Smith, MD Tags: Physician Malpractice Source Type: blogs
Commentators and Journalists Weigh In On Digital Health And Related Privacy, Safety, Social Media And Security Matters. Lots Of Interesting Perspectives - August 9, 2022.
-----This weekly blog is to explore the news around the larger issues around Digital Health, data security, data privacy, AI / ML. technology, social media and related matters.I will also try to highlightADHA Propagandawhen I come upon it.Just so we keep count, the latest Notes from the ADHA Board were dated 6 December, 2018 and we have seen none since! It ’s pretty sad!Note: Appearance here is not to suggest I see any credibility or value in what follows. I will leave it to the reader to decide what is worthwhile and what is not! The point is to let people know what is being said / published that I have come upon.-----h...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 9, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Some Potential Improvements to the Electoral Count Reform Act
ConclusionBy pointing out these areas for improvement, I once again do not mean to give the impression that the ECRA is not a worthwhile bill. If enacted tomorrow, it would be a significant improvement over the status quo. But that does not mean that we shouldn ’t consider potential improvements to tighten and clarify the bill’s text. If a potential pitfall or loophole can be avoided, no matter how unlikely it may be, now is the time to consider that risk and address it. (Source: Cato-at-liberty)
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 27, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas A. Berry Source Type: blogs
How doctors should organize
Eric Topol wrote an excellent op-ed in the New Yorker titled “Why Doctors Should Organize.” I’m going to spell out exactly how they should organize. Doctors should form a nationwide class-action lawsuit against the major EHR companies for cognitive repetitive-strain injury. They can easily prove lost wages and mental strain from technical debt in the
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How doctors should organize originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 22, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Drea Burbank, MD Tags: Physician Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
Getting Sick and Going Broke – CVS, Credit Cards, and Crippling Medical Debt
BY MIKE MAGEE
The Medical-Industrial Complex is swarming with grifters. This is to be expected when you build a purposefully complex system designed to advance profitability for small and large players alike. The $4T operation payrolling 1 in 5 American workers is, in large part, a hidden economy, one built by professional tricksters, designed by Fortune 100 firms with mountains of lobbyists, but reinforced as well by friendly doctors and hospitals engaged in petty and small scale swindling who justify their predatory actions as entrepreneurial, innovative, and purposeful means of necessary financial survival.
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Source: The Health Care Blog - June 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy CVS Medical Industrial Complex PBMs Source Type: blogs
Carson v. Makin: Another Win for Education Freedom
Colleen Hroncich andSolomon Chen“If our neighbors have the freedom to choose a private school and receive tuition from our town, why are we denied this same benefit just because we desire a religious education for our daughter?” This simple question,asked by Maine parents Alan and Judy Gillis, is at the heart of today ’s Supreme Court ruling inCarson v. Makin.Fortunately for the Gillis family, and families throughout Maine, a majority of the Court agreed. In a 6–3 decision, the Court ruled that “Maine’s ‘nonsectarian’ requirement for its otherwise generally available tuition assistance payments violate...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 21, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich, Solomon Chen Source Type: blogs
Cryptocurrency in the Shadow of the Infrastructure Act: An Update
Nicholas AnthonyIt ’s been over six months since theInfrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was passed with its cryptocurrency reporting provisions intact. If left unamended, those provisions will require exchanges, miners, and software developers to report the name and address of each “customer” as well asany business engaged in a transaction of $10,000 or more in cryptocurrency to report the customer ’s name, address, taxpayer identification number, amount paid, date, and nature of the transaction. Worse yet, it’s only six months until the reporting requirements will start to go in effect.Much has happened ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 13, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Nicholas Anthony Source Type: blogs
