When a Wrong Creates a Life: Tort Responses to Children Born From Institutional Sexual Violence
Karen Tani (University of Pennsylvania), When a Wrong Creates a Life: Tort Responses to Children Born From Institutional Sexual Violence, 73 DePaul L. Rev. (2024): Today, the paradigm case of “wrongful life” involves a claim on behalf of a child—typically,... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 25, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Disability and the Ongoing Federalism Revolution
Katie R. Eyer (Rutgers University), Karen Tani (University of Pennsylvania), Disability and the Ongoing Federalism Revolution, 133 Yale L.J. (2024): The Supreme Court ’s “new federalism” revolution remains one of the most important developments in recent U.S. legal history. The Court... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 19, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Developing Low-Cost Lab Techniques: Q & A With Abraham Badu-Tawiah
Credit: Ohio State University.
“I never thought I could make an impact on chemistry and students’ lives. But now, I’m the head of a lab with several Ph.D. and undergraduate students and a postdoctoral researcher; and we’re developing simple, low-cost lab techniques that can be adopted by labs across the world,” says Abraham Badu-Tawiah, Ph.D., the Robert K. Fox Professor of Chemistry at Ohio State University in Columbus. We talked with Dr. Badu-Tawiah about his career progression, research, and advice for students hoping to launch a career in science.
Q: How did you get started on the path to a career in sci...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 21, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology Tools and Techniques Profiles Source Type: blogs
Obstetric Violence and Forced Sterilization: Conceptualizing Gender-Based Institutional Violence
Rangita de Silva de Alwis (University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School), Obstetric Violence and Forced Sterilization: Conceptualizing Gender-Based Institutional Violence, 9 U. Pa. J. of L.& Pub. Aff. (2023): The twenty-first century continues to witness gynecological abuse in the... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - February 16, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Clinicians and management at odds in health care
In a survey conducted by a University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing team led by Linda Aiken, PhD, RN, of 21,050 physicians and nurses at 60 hospitals, it was found that more than 40 percent of clinicians were not confident that hospital management would act to resolve problems that clinicians identify in patient care. Close
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Clinicians and management at odds in health care originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 31, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Michele Luckenbaugh Tags: Conditions Hospital-Based Medicine Source Type: blogs
Vita Health Announces $22.5M Series A Funding Round
Supports National Expansion of Critical Mission to Address Suicide Epidemic
Vita Health, the first provider of clinically validated suicide prevention through innovative care management, announced today the close of a $22.5M Series A funding round.
The funding will support the rapid expansion of life-saving services targeting youth and adults nationwide. The Vita behavioral health care pathways are based on the founding team’s successful clinical trials published in JAMA, The American Journal of Psychiatry, and thousands of patient encounters demonstrating reductions in suicide attempts by more than 60% and deaths by up ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 26, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Athyrium Capital Management Connecticut Innovations CU Healthcare Innovation Fund CVS Health Ventures Flare Capital Partners Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment HopeLab LFE Capita Source Type: blogs
How can physicians become world-class leaders?
Following a Congressional hearing into antisemitic harassment on the campuses of Harvard, MIT, and the University of Pennsylvania, there were several changes in leadership at Penn. Jonathan A. Epstein, MD, was named interim dean at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, replacing J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, who became interim university president. Epstein, 62, is a
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How can physicians become world-class leaders? originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 26, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA Tags: Physician Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
A test of medical leadership for Penn ’s new president
When the University of Pennsylvania’s president Liz Magill was forced to resign her position due to her equivocal stance regarding antisemitic harassment on Penn’s campus, J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, was soon announced as her interim successor. Jameson had served as executive vice president of Penn’s health system and dean of the Perelman School of
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A test of medical leadership for Penn’s new president originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 16, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA Tags: Education Medical school Source Type: blogs
Safety on campus, except for Jews: a parent and psychiatrist ’ s perspective
After watching most of the five-plus hours of the December 5th congressional hearing on the state of antisemitism at three of the U.S.’ top universities – Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, and MIT – I’ve concluded that unfortunately, the sound bites replayed in the media are not one-liners taken out of context, but spot-on summations. As
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Safety on campus, except for Jews: a parent and psychiatrist’s perspective originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 13, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Torie S. Sepah, MD Tags: Physician Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Private Actions in the Presence of Externalities: The Health Impacts of Reducing Air Pollution Peaks But Not Ambient Exposure
Susanna B. Berkouwer (University of Pennsylvania), Joshua Dean (University of Chicago), Private Actions in the Presence of Externalities: The Health Impacts of Reducing Air Pollution Peaks But Not Ambient Exposure (U. Chi., Becker Friedman Inst. for Econ. Working Paper No.... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 2, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Variation in Data Sharing Practices and Privacy Gaps in US Hospitals and Health Systems
Brian Jackson (University of Utah), Richard Schreiber (Penn State Medical Center), Ross Koppel (University of Pennsylvania), Victoria Nichols-Johnson (Southern Illinois University), et al., Variation in Data Sharing Practices and Privacy Gaps in US Hospitals and Health Systems, Am. Med. Informatics... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 27, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Ensuring Fairness in Medical Education Assessment
This study takes a first step in centering the margins as we as medical educators grow our understanding of the dynamics of promoting fairness in assessment. Future studies should explore feedback with intentional inclusion and involvement of diverse students, teachers, and researchers at every stage of the research process from conceptualization through dissemination and application of the new learning. We thank our participants for their time and candor discussing this sensitive topic and the Group on Educational Affairs for funding our work. Thank you for your time and attention and the focus that you’ll put on th...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - September 18, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: AM Podcast AM Podcast Transcript Academic Medicine podcast assessment equity Macy Foundation medical education Source Type: blogs
Variation in Data Sharing Practices and Privacy Gaps in US Hospitals and Health Systems
Brian Jackson (University of Utah), Richard Schreiber (Penn State University), Ross Koppel (University of Pennsylvania), Victoria Nichols-Johnson (Southern Illinois University), et al., Variation in Data Sharing Practices and Privacy Gaps in US Hospitals and Health Systems, Am. Med. Informatics Ass ’n... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - September 8, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
The Disability Docket
Jasmine Harris (University of Pennsylvania), Karen Tani (University of Pennsylvania), Shira Wakschlag (The Arc), The Disability Docket, 72 Am. U. L. Rev. (2023): The monumental changes emanating from the contemporary Supreme Court have now generated abundant commentary —but it remains possible... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 7, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
How to Talk to a Doc
BY KIM BELLARD
For better and for worse, our healthcare system is built around physicians. For the most part, they’re the ones we rely on for diagnoses, for prescribing medications, and for delivering care. And, often, simply for being a comfort.
Unfortunately, in 2023, they’re still “only” human, and they’re not perfect. Despite best intentions, they sometimes miss things, make mistakes, or order ineffective or outdated care. The order of magnitude for these mistakes is not clear; one recent study estimated 800,000 Americans suffering permanent disability or death annually. Whatever the real...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice Diagnostic Error Iatric Systems Kim Bellard Medical errors Source Type: blogs
