Warren Misses Details on Bank Secrecy Act
ConclusionStopping criminal activity is certainly a valid pursuit, but the Bank Secrecy Act regime has done, at best, little more than flood law enforcement with millions of unnecessary reports. It is an ineffective and inefficient way to focus resources. Senator Warren closed her argument by reintroducingher bill to expand these reporting requirements and further diminish financial privacy, but it ’s just as flawed now as it was last year.All members of Congress should take careful note of a letter organized by Fight for the Future earlier this year. In that letter, the group warned: “Should cybercriminals success...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 15, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Nicholas Anthony Source Type: blogs
The Truth About Vitamin D Deficiency: Don ’ t Ignore These 5 Warning Signs
Vitamin D deficiency is still common around the world. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - February 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Unlocking the Future of Health —and Care—with AI
The following is a guest article by Jonathan Jesneck, Co-Founder and CTO at Firefly Lab.
Unlocking the future of healthcare with Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a hot topic amongst tech and medical professionals alike. Leaps and bounds have been made since the term was first applied in medicine in the mid-1950s, but it wasn’t until the late 2000s that developments using AI in a variety of healthcare fields started to happen.
Now, AI is effective across the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. The benefits are already being felt by many: 92% of healthcare institutes and professionals say they performed better as a ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 7, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Communication and Patient Experience Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring AAMC AI Chatbots AI in healthcare American Association of Medical Colleges Artificial Intelligence Biomedicine Dr. Jonathan Jesne Source Type: blogs
Fighting for the Future of Privacy
Nicholas AnthonyWhether it be for internet activity or financial transactions, it has become abundantly clear in recent years that Americans want privacy from the government. In fact, early in January,38 different organizations joined hands to call on Congress to defend privacy.The open letter was organized byFight for the Future and featured co ‐signers from the Blockchain Association, Crypto Freedom Lab, DeFi Education Fund, Electric Coin Company, Filecoin Foundation, and many others. The letter opened with the following statement:Protecting the privacy of everyday people is key to ensuring safety, self ‐determ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 6, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Nicholas Anthony Source Type: blogs
PPP Fraud Investigated in House Oversight Hearing
Nicholas AnthonyIn what was one of the first hearings of the new Congress, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability convenedto investigate the“rampant waste of taxpayer dollars in [COVID-19] relief programs.” Chief among the programs considered was the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP. As I explained ina new briefing paper, there was a clear failure of federal oversight for the PPP during the pandemic and an evaluation of the issues has been long overdue.Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), set the hearing off on the right foot when he said th...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 3, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Nicholas Anthony Source Type: blogs
Top Healthcare Hazards for 2023
Communication gaps with recalls of home-use medical devices tops the list of healthcare hazards in 2023, according to the latest report from ECRI, the nation’s largest non-profit patient safety organization. Other hazards that made ECRI’s top 10 list of healthcare hazards in 2023 include: failure to manage cybersecurity risks in cloud-based clinical systems, defective single-use medical devices, and inappropriate use of automated dispensing cabinet overrides.
Home healthcare is a growing trend and the experts at ECRI are concerned that patients are not receiving safety notices, warnings, and recalls for the dev...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 25, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System at-home medical devices CPAP Recall ECRI healthcare hazards Home Healthcare Marcus Schabacker medical device recalls medical device saf Source Type: blogs
Chicken with Dried Mushrooms & Tomatoes
When it comes time to figure out what to make for dinner, I love the internet as much as anyone. I usually head straight to the NY Times Cooking section, or to Epicurious, Saveur or Food 52 for ideas and inspiration. But one weekend this past year, with our Philly travel plans cancelled by an upcoming storm (there is nothing worse than the Jersey turnpike in a thunderstorm with tornado and flood warnings), I had the unexpected luxury of free time on a Saturday morning. Sitting with a cup of coffee, I opened Biba’s Taste of Italy, a cookbook whose spine I had yet to crack in the year since it had been gifted to me by ...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - January 19, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Meat & Poultry Borgotaro braised Chicken Dinner party Dried mushrooms Emilia Romagna italian Make-ahead PGI Porcini recipe Stove top Tomatoes Source Type: blogs
The “open data” movement runs aground on FOURIER
BY ANISH KOKA
Reanalysis of a trial used to approve a commonly used injectable cholesterol-lowering drug confirms the original analysis by accident.
The open-data movement seeks to liberate the massive amount of data generated in running clinical trials from the grasp of the academic medical-pharmaceutical industrial complex that mostly runs the most important trials responsible for bringing novel therapeutics to market.
There are only a few elite academic trialist groups capable of running large trials and there’s ample reason to be suspicious about the nexus that has developed between academia and the pharmace...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
The Open Data Movement Runs Aground on FOURIER
BY ANISH KOKA
Reanalysis of a trial used to approve a commonly used injectable cholesterol-lowering drug confirms the original analysis by accident.
The open-data movement seeks to liberate the massive amount of data generated in running clinical trials from the grasp of the academic medical-pharmaceutical industrial complex that mostly runs the most important trials responsible for bringing novel therapeutics to market.
There are only a few elite academic trialist groups capable of running large trials and there’s ample reason to be suspicious about the nexus that has developed between academia and the pharmace...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice Anish Koka FDA regulations Fourier open data Source Type: blogs
A Subtle Early Warning Sign Of Dementia
Dementia breaks down the brain's ability to perform complex tasks, like this one. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - January 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Dementia Source Type: blogs
Omicron Variant: The 5 Most Common Symptoms And 4 More Unusual Ones
Besides the top 5 warning signs, more symptoms are appearing for those infected with Omicron. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - January 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: COVID19 Source Type: blogs
Don ’ t lose yourself: a warning from a divorced physician
I was going through drawers, finishing unpacking as best I could, when I stumbled upon one of those moments that feels like a puzzle piece sliding into place. I recently divorced, moved across the country, took a leave of absence from work, and changed my job. It’s been tumultuous, but grounding. I’m back in my
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Don’t lose yourself: a warning from a divorced physician originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 13, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: M. Michelle McClelland, MD Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs
A Warning Sign Of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Around one-in-four people may have a vitamin B12 deficiency, according to research. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - January 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Netflix for Drugs?
By KIM BELLARD
A relative — obviously overestimating my healthcare expertise — asked my thoughts on The New York Times article Can a Federally Funded ‘Netflix Model’ Fix the Broken Market for Antibiotics? I had previously skimmed the article and was vaguely aware of the Pasteur Act that it discusses, but, honestly, my immediate reaction to the article was, gosh, that may not be a great analogy: do people realize what a tough year Netflix has had?
I have to admit that I tend to stay away from writing about Big Pharma and prescription drugs, mainly because, in a US healthcare system that seems to pride i...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: The Business of Health Care Congress Kim Bellard Netflix Pharma Pharmaceutical industry Source Type: blogs
Xish
Earlier I discussed the insane excesses of Xi Jinping ' s " zero Covid " policy. The economic and social costs of the draconian, and doomed, effort to end transmission of the virus in China were unsustainable. The policy provoked the first mass protests of his rule, at great peril to the protesters, created supply chain shortages around the world, and severely damaged the Chinese economy. So yeah, not a good idea. But . . .He suddenly turned 180 on a dime and eliminated all mitigations measures. The result has been equally catastrophic. Eric Fiegl-Ding is an epidemiologist who became well known as an early Cassandra about ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - December 20, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
