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UC San Diego Health Appoints Inaugural Chief Health AI Officer

HIT Consultant

. – This newly created position emphasizes the health system’s commitment to advancing the use of AI in healthcare, ensuring patient safety and improving health outcomes. JCHI aims to leverage AI responsibly and inclusively to improve human health and sustainability.

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Correctional Sleep: Where Litigation Falls Short and Where Research, Policymaking are Needed

Bill of Health

People who are incarcerated already exhibit elevated rates of morbidity , and it is likely that the sleep deprivation associated with corrections only depresses health outcomes. population , a troubling reality not only for COVID-19 mitigation efforts, but also health equity writ large. Jolin is an A.B.

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The International Weaponization of Health Data

Bill of Health

On the one hand, the international sharing of health-related data sets has paved the way for important advances such as mapping the human genome , tracking global health outcomes , and fighting the rise of multidrug-resistant superbugs.

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The Pandemic Accelerated Consumers’ Digital Health Tech Ownership As Big Tech Morphs To Big Health

Health Populi

adult 18 and over in April 2021 to gather data for this annual report. 20% of people used online health services, and 20% intent to keep using them. In 2021, smartwatch adoption exceeded wearable activity fitness tracker market penetration, both around one-third of U.S. CTA conducted an online survey among 2,409 U.S.

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Health Disparities and the Risks of Social Determinants for COVID-19 – 14 Months of Evidence

Health Populi

The rate of vaccinations against the coronavirus, too, significantly varied by race and ethnicity as of March 11, 2021. In the U.S., Other people of color were much more likely to be at-risk for death due to COVID-19 than White Americans, except for Asian people who were on-par for death due to C19 with White people, the chart shows.

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Health Disparities in America: JAMA Talks Structural Racism in U.S. Health Care

Health Populi

In the 19th and 20th centuries, segregated black hospitals were emblematic of separate but unequal health care,” begins the editorial introducing an entire issue of JAMA dedicated to racial and ethnic disparities and inequities in medicine and health care, published August 17, 2021.

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The Patient Safety Issue of Racial Disparities and the Opportunity for “Health Equity By Design”

Health Populi

In 2021, racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare are a top patient safety issue, according to ECRI’s annual list of major concerns facing healthcare consumers’ risks to adverse events that can harm them. He pointed to the potential for algorithmic bias, of which we should all be mindful to avoid and identify.

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