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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. Carethers, MD, vice chancellor for Health Sciences at UC San Diego.

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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. Government officials recently have expressed concern about the open-access sharing of U.K.

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

Health Populi

Focusing in through our health/care lens, you can see in the bar chart from the study that solving access to healthcare and improving economic competitiveness were the top two areas that 75% of global citizens said would have positive impacts across eight social issues examined. Amazon’s and Big Tech companies’ tax treatment ).

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The Biggest Threat to Our Health Isn’t the Next Pandemic or Cancer…It’s Climate Change

Health Populi

After her death in 2013, the Southwark Coroner’s Court found that air pollution “made a material contribution” to her death, “a landmark decision” according to a government advisor on air pollution. Existing vulnerabilities enable those climate-related risks to more negatively impact health outcomes.

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

Health Populi

The paper that asserts “no” to the question comes from Michael Gusmano, Karen Maschke, and Mildred Solomon, all associated with the Hastings Center which does research into bioethics. This concept can be potentially harmful, they believe, assuming that health care is a traditional market.

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A Nutrition Label for Health IT

Health Populi

Building a nutrition label for health equity – learning from MITRE . Questions about the ethics and governance of AI in health are being posed globally. To build a digital health ecosystem that delivers timely access to information to inform public health decision-making, and.

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