Global Health Landscape: The Proliferating Actors Influencing Global Health Governance
Benjamin Mason Meier (University of North Carolina), Matiangai V.S. Sirleaf (University of Maryland), Global Health Landscape: The Proliferating Actors Influencing Global Health Governance (U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2023-14) (2023): This chapter, Global Health Landscape, delineates the... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 13, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
The Voice of Democracy is Young and Female.
By MIKE MAGEE
“Don’t call me a saint,” said founder of the early1930’s Catholic Workers Movement, Dorothy Day. “I don’t want to be dismissed that easily.” Oddly enough, says Jesuit writer, James Martin, “That quote is probably the biggest obstacle to her canonization…Given that quote, would Dorothy really want to be canonized?”
Today’s election results were a sliver of bright light in what has been a rather dark period. But it is at times like this that quiet heroes emerge. If courage has a face, this morning, as results across the land show a sweeping victory for Democrats, and specifically tho...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Abortion Democracy Dobbs Mike Magee Womens rights Source Type: blogs
The Voice of Democracy is Young and Female
By MIKE MAGEE
“Don’t call me a saint,” said founder of the early 1930’s Catholic Workers Movement, Dorothy Day. “I don’t want to be dismissed that easily.” Oddly enough, says Jesuit writer, James Martin, “That quote is probably the biggest obstacle to her canonization…Given that quote, would Dorothy really want to be canonized?”
This week’s election results were a sliver of bright light in what has been a rather dark period. But it is at times like this that quiet heroes emerge. If courage has a face, this morning, as results across the land show a sweeping victory for Democrats, and specifi...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Abortion Democracy Dobbs Mike Magee Womens rights Source Type: blogs
I Found This Interesting – Will Be Back To Digital Health Next Week!
This appeared last week:
Asteroid
dust caused winter that killed dinosaurs: study
By Daniel Lawler
AFP
Updated 5:24PM
October 31, 2023, First published at 2:12PM October 31, 2023
About 66 million
years ago, an asteroid bigger than Mt Everest smashed into Earth, killing off
three-quarters of all life on the planet, including the dinosaurs.
This much we know.
But exactly how the
impact of (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Psychedelic Capitalism and the Perceptual Threshold
Dustin Marlan (University of North Carolina), Psychedelic Capitalism and the Perceptual Threshold, 103 B.U. L. Rev. (2023): As jurisdictions continue to reform psychedelics laws, lawmakers should consider how these new laws will impact the popular practice of microdosing — regularly... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 10, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
American Telemedicine Association Leaps Into Privacy and AI Policies
The computerization of daily life has evolved from a set of technical decisions to a matter of urgent public policy over the past few decades. The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) recently released two sets of principles that highlights its concerns in two prominent computing issues: privacy and AI.
Of course, privacy and AI both make front-page news these days. Concerns over the data protection of individuals dates back to the 1970s. The issue takes on new urgency since evidence has emerged about the manipulation of voters and exploitation of children. AI became the subject of an international summit at Bletchley P...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 9, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Regulations Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring AI Regulations Artificial Intelligence ATA HIPAA Kyle Zebley privacy Privacy Regulations Telehealth Policy Telemedicine Regulations Source Type: blogs
Science Fiction, Legal Fiction, Political Fiction, and the 100-Year Life, Law and the 100-Year Life
Daniel J. Hemel (New York University), Science Fiction, Legal Fiction, Political Fiction, and the 100-Year Life, Law and the 100-Year Life (Cambridge University Press, 2023): “A child born in the West today has a more than 50 per cent chance... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 9, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Extractive Welfare: Medicaid Statutory Recovery Formulas After Gallardo V. Marstiller
Elenore Wade (Rutgers University), Extractive Welfare: Medicaid Statutory Recovery Formulas After Gallardo V. Marstiller, 58 U. Rich. L. Rev. (2024): In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court held states may seize injured Medicaid recipients ’ tort recoveries beyond the portion of those... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 8, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
3D Printing In Medicine And Healthcare – The Ultimate List
3D printing has demonstrated huge potential for the future of medicine in the previous years, and its development is unstoppable. See the impressive list of 3D-printed healthcare materials and medical equipment below!
How does 3D printing in medicine work?
3D printing in medicine is part of the innovative process called additive manufacturing, which means producing three-dimensional solid objects from a digital file. How the technology works, we explained in our article on bioprinting here.
As technology evolves, researchers work on various solutions. For example, engineers from the University of Buffalo have ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 7, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: 3D Printing Biotechnology Future of Medicine Healthcare Design Medical Education Personalized Medicine 3d printed biomaterial tissue engineering Video bioprinting GC1 Innovation Source Type: blogs
Neurolaw: New Horizons of Legal Theory and the Problem of Free Will
Ivan Amirian, Neurolaw: New Horizons of Legal Theory and the Problem of Free Will (2023): In the last decades we are witnessing a rather interesting phenomenon when through the intensification of interaction between law and neuroscience, law becomes more scientifically... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 7, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Healthcare Interoperability is Falling Short. How Do We Address It?
The following is a guest article by A. John Blair, III, MD, CEO at MedAllies
It’s been well-documented for years that the healthcare industry has an interoperability problem.
Frequently fragmented and incomplete patient records may lead to negative downstream consequences, such as delayed and inefficient care, avoidable risks to patient safety, greater administrative burden on healthcare organizations, and excessive costs.
The commercial efforts to date to push interoperability forward have made true advances. For example, 70% of hospitals and over half of ambulatory providers are connected to a national network. Add...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 6, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Interoperability A. John Blair III Health Data Exchange Healthcare Interoperability MedAllies QHIN QHINS TEFCA Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – November 4, 2023
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
Helping Providers in Ontario Adopt AI and Improve EMRs. Colin Hung sat down with Rob Fox at OntarioMD about the organization’s work collaborating with vendors to give physicians a role in shaping EMR enhancements as well as helping physicians decide which AI innovations will work best for them. Read more…
What Tools are Necessary for Handling...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 4, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
Since you ask . . .
I got about six comments on my previous post saying " Okay, Krugman says there are solutions for Medicare and Social Security but the Democrats don ' t have any and aren ' t proposing anything. " Err, no.Sayeth the New York Times: As a candidate for president, Mr. Biden
proposed adding a new tier of payroll tax contributions for people with
incomes over $400,000. That would extend solvency by roughly five years.
The Social Security 2100 Act, sponsored by Representative John Larson,
Democrat of Connecticut, enjoys widespread support in the Democratic
caucus. It mirrors President Biden ’s payroll tax proposal.Soc...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 1, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
State Legislative Vetoes: An Unwelcome Resurgence
Nicole Martin (Ohio State University), Steven Huefner (Ohio State University), State Legislative Vetoes: An Unwelcome Resurgence (Ohio State Legal Stud. Research Paper No. 805) (2023): Legislatures are having their moment. From the promotion of “the Independent State Legislature Theory,” to... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 1, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Cooperating to Resist: Society and State During China ’s COVID Lockdowns
Shitong Qiao (Duke University), Cooperating to Resist: Society and State During China ’s COVID Lockdowns (Duke L. Sch. Pub. L.& Legal Theory Series No. 2023-59) (2023): China ’s lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic was widely considered a stark demonstration of the... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 1, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
