The fight to overcome vaccine hesitancy among African Americans
A tide of misinformation and centuries of medical malpractice have led to wariness around the Covid-19 jab (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - February 24, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Do Frequent Malpractice Offenders Often Get Away With It? Do Frequent Malpractice Offenders Often Get Away With It?
State boards asleep at the switch, report says; beauty doctor settles to save face; botched endoscopic procedure triggers big award.Medscape Business of Medicine (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 23, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Intellectual Property Cause of Death, Genocide
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis ChowdhuryKUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Feb 9 2021 (IPS) Refusal to temporarily suspend several World Trade Organization (WTO) intellectual property (IP) provisions to enable much faster and broader progress in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic should be grounds for International Criminal Court prosecution for genocide.
Jomo Kwame SundaramMaking life-saving vaccines, medicines and equipment available, freely or affordably, has been crucial for containing the spread of many infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV-AIDS, polio and smallpox.
Jonas Salk, who developed the polio vaccine, insisted...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 9, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury Tags: Crime & Justice Development & Aid Economy & Trade Global Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Malpractice Case: Drug Mistakes Can Cause Serious Harm Malpractice Case: Drug Mistakes Can Cause Serious Harm
This doctor failed to check the medicine he used during a surgery, resulting in severe injury to the patient. What should he have done differently?Cooperative of American Physicians (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news
AI for image interpretation: Friend or foe to radiologists?
Will using artificial intelligence (AI) for image interpretation tasks hel...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Could AI lower malpractice risk for physicians?Comments:
2/4/2021 1:02:16 AMHospital-Rad
Here we go again. AI replacing rads.
2/4/2021 9:22:41 AMdrad123
AI or sci fi? Maybe someday bots will continually scour the PACS. Lets...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 5, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
AI for image interpretation: Friend or foe to rads?
Will using artificial intelligence (AI) for image interpretation tasks hel...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
AI predicts cardiovascular risk on routine chest CT
Utilization is the new innovation in healthcare enterprise AI
Mirai AI model upgrades breast cancer risk assessment
AI enhances performance of CT lung cancer screening
Could AI lower malpractice risk for physicians?Comments:
2/4/2021 1:02:16 AMHospital-Rad
Here we go again. AI replacing rads.
2/4/2021 9:22:41 AMdrad123
AI or sci fi? Maybe someday bots will continually scour the PACS. Lets...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 4, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Utilization is the new innovation in healthcare enterprise AI
Enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) has shown tremendous promise in th...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Could AI lower malpractice risk for physicians?
3 predictions for radiology AI in 2021
CMS approves payments for Viz.ai software (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 2, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
South Africa: Racist Malpractice Fuels Conspiracy Theories
[New Frame] Could the long history of racist medical malpractice, social media conspiracy theorists and big pharma profiteering threaten the success of South Africa's biggest vaccination programme? (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 29, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
How Likely Are Malpractice Lawsuits From Treating COVID? How Likely Are Malpractice Lawsuits From Treating COVID?
Fear is high over the risk for coronavirus-related liability claims, but is the worry warranted? Legal experts break down the dangers and share what type of suits are possible.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - January 25, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Filing Suit for ‘Wrongful Life’
More Americans are writing end-of-life instructions as the pandemic renders such decisions less abstract. But are medical providers listening? (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 22, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Paula Span Tags: your-feed-science your-feed-healthcare Malpractice Living Wills and Health Care Proxies Life-Sustaining Support Systems, Withdrawal Of Death and Dying Compensation for Damages (Law) Hospitals Suits and Litigation (Civil) Elderly August Source Type: news
Could AI lower malpractice risk for physicians?
Although some legal scholars believe that liability concerns could hinder adoption...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Most malpractice suits resolved in radiologists' favor (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 12, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Potential jurors favor use of artificial intelligence in precision medicine
(Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging) Physicians who follow artificial intelligence (AI) advice may be considered less liable for medical malpractice than is commonly thought, according to a new study of potential jury candidates in the U.S. Published in the January issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM). The study provides the first data related to physicians' potential liability for using AI in personalized medicine, which can often deviate from standard care. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Malpractice Case: Could an ECG Have Saved This Woman? Malpractice Case: Could an ECG Have Saved This Woman?
When it comes to symptoms of uncertain cause, it ' s important for physicians to use all tools at their disposal to make a diagnosis.Cooperative of American Physicians (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 4, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news
Critical Shortages of Supplies and Qualified Personnel During the COVID-19 Pandemic is Taking a Toll on the Nation ’s Clinical Laboratories says CAP
As demand for SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus testing increases, leaders of the College of American Pathologists meet online to brainstorm possible solutions to the crisis In September, the College of American Pathologists (CAP) began its series of “virtual media briefings” given by leading pathologists and physicians at the forefront of COVID-19 testing which are designed to “offer […]
The post Critical Shortages of Supplies and Qualified Personnel During the COVID-19 Pandemic is Taking a Toll on the Nation’s Clinical Laboratories says CAP appeared first on Dark Daily. (Source: Dark Daily)
Source: Dark Daily - January 4, 2021 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jude Tags: Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice Instruments & Equipment Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory News Laboratory Operations Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Testing Management & Operat Source Type: news
Fueled by a History of Mistreatment, Black Americans Distrust the New COVID-19 Vaccines
When a COVID-19 vaccine becomes widely available to Americans, Brianna Clarke says she won’t be taking it.
“I don’t trust the vaccine,” the 22-year-old says. “I think it’s too soon to have a vaccine.” Clarke, who lives in Willingboro, N.J., is among a significant number of Black Americans who are skeptical of the healthcare industry in general and, critically, the COVID-19 vaccines recently developed by pharmaceutical companies Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, more specifically.
Over the past couple of weeks, the U.S. has averaged in the neighborhood of 200,000 new COVID-19 cases per d...
Source: TIME: Health - December 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dezimey Kum Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
