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Neurorehabilitation and Recovery: Going Through Hell

Bill of Health

This article is adapted slightly from remarks the author delivered at the 2022 International Neuroethics Society annual meeting on a panel about neurorehabilitation moderated by Dr. Joseph Fins. This semester I’m teaching Bioethics and Constitutional Law. I then taught my classes and published articles, textbooks, and briefs.

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

Health Populi

In that introductory editorial, Ending Structural Racism in the US Health Care System to Eliminate Health Care Inequities, Ortega and Roby write that, “3 studies in this issue of JAMA show that access to and utilization of services is not merely predicated on health insurance or the availability of health care.

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Report: Facebook Tracker Collecting Hospital Patient PHI

Compliancy Group

An investigation by The Markup and Stat has uncovered a tracking tool used by 33 of the country’s top 100 hospitals that collects patients’ protected health information (PHI) and sends it to Facebook—including details about medical conditions, prescriptions, and physician appointments.

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Will Technology Cure Americans’ Health Care System Ills? Considering Google and Ascension Health’s Data Deal

Health Populi

You can read more details about this evolving situation in the WSJ article linked above, and other takes in tech, business, and social media that have begun to populate the interwebs. health care. Was this due to the growing experience and reporting of surprise medical bills?

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Managing Cognitive Decline Concerns in the Workplace

Bill of Health

As I argue in my article “ Cognitive Decline and the Workplace ” (forthcoming in the Wake Forest Law Review ), there are several options, but many are legally and ethically problematic. Employers want to safeguard their profitability and avoid workers who could develop absenteeism and productivity problems and raise health insurance costs.

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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Health Populi

Perception : We are living in a moment in time when pharmaceutical companies, health insurance companies, and hospital systems have been demonized in the public discourse. We currently have laws on the books that say you can’t be discriminated against in health insurance coverage or employment based on your genetic profile (i.e.,

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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

Health Populi

Health care consumerism is a central focus in my work, and so it’s no surprise that I’ve consumed every bit of this publication. [In In full disclosure, last year when this issue was being curated, I was part of a team that proposed to submit an article for the publication, but our submission was not accepted].

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