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Rebel Health: The Personal and Professional Passion of Susannah Fox

Jane Sarashon

As a noun, Merriam-Webster tells us that a rebel is a person who opposes or takes up arms against a government or a ruler. As a verb, “to rebel” is to oppose or disobey one in authority or control, or otherwise renounce and resist by force the authority of one’s government.”

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Ethical Challenges Associated with the Protection of Pets in War

Bill of Health

Many governments have welcomed Ukrainian pets with or without their owners, and without documentation, rabies vaccine, and/or microchip. EU initiatives and advocacy efforts by animal rights groups pushed receiving countries to modify entrance requirements, waive fees, provide veterinary services, and shorten or eliminate quarantine times.

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How Will Consumers’ Declining Trust in Technology Impact Health Tech?

Health Populi

Note that social media ranks very much last here…although social media is now seen as embedded into consumers’ definition of “technology.” Foreign governments’ involvement in my data in my own country. My ability to control my data.

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Our Pandemic Lessons: Listening to Michael Dowling – a #HIMSS21 Wrap-Up

Health Populi

With government’s relaxing regulations, health care providers could move staff and resources virtually from place to place, regardless of State licensure or other barriers to providing telemedicine, remote monitoring, and other flavors of telehealth. ” Finally, Dowling asked: “What kind of system are we going to create?”

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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

federal government’s oversight wheels began to grind into a different gear, signaling that they did not like that a Chinese firm was gaining such access to U.S. Following a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the government mandated that iCarbonX divest its ownership in PLM. But the U.S.

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The Retail Health Battle Royale, Day 4 – Tech Giants in Healthcare, U.S. Lessons from Europe

Jane Sarashon

” This observation comes from a new report, Tech Giants in Healthcare , written by four European-based experts in healthcare and bioethics. business plan reviews, except for assessments of companies’ ESG efforts for environmental, social, and governance which is still fairly nascent in American health care reports.

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A Nutrition Label for Health IT

Health Populi

The definition the Pew team set out was that AI “refers to the ability of a machine to perform a task that mimics human behavior, including problem-solving and learning.”. Questions about the ethics and governance of AI in health are being posed globally. The Pew report also revealed concerns that could be addressed through regulation.

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