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Informed Consent in Healthcare Training

American Medical Compliance

When a medical professional informs a patient of the advantages, disadvantages, and alternatives of a procedure or intervention, informed consent is obtained. According to the Joint Commission, all aspects of informed consent must be documented “in a form, progress notes, or elsewhere in the record.”

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AI’s Ability to Manipulate Decision Making Requires a Moratorium on Its Use in Obtaining Consent for Biomedical Research

Bill of Health

The federal government’s commitment to assuring that participants in human subject research provide fully informed consent dates back to the U.S The World Health Organization supports this ban and in particular describes it as making informed consent impossible in the health care setting.

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Ethics Education in U.S. Medical Schools’ Curricula

Bill of Health

The AAMC requires medical school graduates to “demonstrate a commitment to ethical principles pertaining to provision or withholding of care, confidentiality, informed consent.” Correspondingly, most medical school ethics courses review issues related to consent, end-of-life care, and confidentiality.

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The Council of Europe’s Artificial Intelligence Convention: Implications for Health and Patients

Bill of Health

The enormous ‘data hunger’ of medical AI may also affect medical privacy, and the opaque nature of many AI applications may put existing health practices and other patients’ rights under pressure, such as the provision of information, informed consent, and legal redress.

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A Precautionary Approach to Touch in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

Bill of Health

This is presented as a dilemma for clinicians who must weigh both possibilities equally; however, neither assertion has been adequately investigated in the P-AT literature, and the notion of “enhanced capacity” in altered states is neither supported by evidence nor by legal definitions of consent. Risk Mitigation. McLane et al.

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Governing Health Data for Research, Development, and Innovation: The Missteps of the European Health Data Space Proposal

Bill of Health

Conclusion In light of the foregoing, we suggest the EHDS: Provide a clear definition of scientific research strongly anchored in the principle of solidarity and the common good. Conversely, those who engage in “[scientific] research activities” must abide by stringent ethical strictures and high epistemic standards. Rethink and amend Art.

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Managing Healthcare Compliance in Idaho

MedTrainer

Telehealth Law Idaho’s Virtual Care Access Act , passed in 2023, broadens virtual care’s definition to include various technology-enabled services like telemedicine and remote monitoring, considering care as rendered at the patient’s location.