Bioethics and Health Outcomes - Health Care Compliance Brief

UC San Diego Health Appoints Inaugural Chief Health AI Officer

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 12, 2023

. – 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. – Bridging the gap between academic research and clinical practice by integrating cutting-edge AI technologies into clinical workflows.

Bioethics

Bioethics Health Outcomes Governance

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

Bill of Health

JANUARY 25, 2022

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.

COVID-19

COVID-19 Public Health Bioethics Local Policy

Organ Transplant Candidates Who Use Medical Cannabis Face Discrimination

Bill of Health

OCTOBER 20, 2023

face discrimination in seeking health care services, including restrictions against obtaining solid organ transplants. Legal strategies to prevent discrimination Further research on cannabis use and post-transplant health outcomes will be important to generate a stronger evidence base to inform transplant policies.

Health Outcomes

Health Outcomes Compliance Health Care Reform Bioethics

Applying Luck Egalitarianism to Health Resource Allocation

Bill of Health

JANUARY 4, 2024

While personal responsibility is sometimes considered when past actions influence treatment outcomes (e.g., patients with alcohol use disorder not being eligible for liver transplants), in general, the reasons for ill health are not an explicit consideration in most health decision-making in the U.S.

Health Outcomes

Health Outcomes Bioethics Public Health

The International Weaponization of Health Data

Bill of Health

OCTOBER 18, 2022

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.

Governance

Governance COVID-19 Health Outcomes Bioethics

“Healthcare Isn’t Healthy:” the Global Challenge of Health Equity, and Calls-to-Action

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

AI tools can bring transformative changes that enhance the delivery of care and improve health outcomes.” Then there is technology: “There is a need for AI solutions to recognize diversity,” the report asserts. “AI

Doctors

Doctors Health Outcomes Public Health Bioethics

AI is the New Health Literacy Challenge for Patients and the Health/Care Industry

Health Populi

OCTOBER 16, 2023

patients were uncomfortable if their health care provider relied on AI for their medical care. Patients were split between whether AI would lead to better, worse, or neutral health outcomes, shown in the lower pie chart from the study. In consumer interviews conducted in December 2022, Pew found that 60% of U.S.

World Health

World Health Health Outcomes Doctors Bioethics

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

Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2021

The importance of real-world evidence, generated by patients where we live, work, play, and learn, cannot be underestimated for clinical research, real-time diagnosis, and personalizing medicine to bolster health outcomes. At the same time, that information is at once highly valuable and higher personal.

HIPAA

HIPAA COVID-19 Health Insurance Health Outcomes

Deep Human Interactions: The Antidote To More AI In Health Care – Learning From Philips’ CEO At HIMSS19

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The human side of the AI/human interface is so valuable, particularly in health care: evidence shows that we have better health outcomes if the caregiver relationship is better, stronger, and resilient.

Health Outcomes

Health Outcomes Medical Billing Hospitals Bioethics

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

Health Populi

OCTOBER 20, 2022

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.

Governance

Governance Health Outcomes Bioethics

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

Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2021

For people who are Black and Hispanic, lack of high school degrees, and greater density of people living in homes can contribute to poor outcomes from the coronavirus due to spread or access to resources like broadband or health care insurance (which some working people lost due to job loss, furlough, or cut hours in the pandemic).

COVID-19

COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Public Health Health Insurance

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

Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

The authors suggest that investing more in prevention and health promotion for these groups could improve health outcomes and get to more equitable spending levels. Spending per person for Black and American Indian and Alaska Native people was significantly lower than for other racial/ethnic groups.

COVID-19

COVID-19 Health Care Inequity COVID-19 Vaccine Medicare

Why CTA’s Shepherding AI Is Important for Re-Imagining Healthcare

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

That personal information can get mashed up and analyzed along with data from our electronic health records and health insurance claims to create a fuller picture of us… helpful in personalizing medical treatments and health regimens that are unique to us.

Health Insurance

Health Insurance Telemedicine Health Outcomes Doctors

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

Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2021

But there are also climate-related risks to health care institutions — think Hurricane Katrina and the images of patients having to be air-lifted out of urban New Orleans hospitals and nursing homes. Existing vulnerabilities enable those climate-related risks to more negatively impact health outcomes.

US Department of Health and Human Services

US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Public Health Governance

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

Health Populi

MARCH 23, 2021

” Part of that data collection in today’s world involves AI-enabled decision support tools, which Tripathi talked about in his interview. He pointed to the potential for algorithmic bias, of which we should all be mindful to avoid and identify.

COVID-19

COVID-19 Health Outcomes Bioethics Public Health

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

Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

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.

ACA

ACA Health Insurance Bioethics Prescription Drug Pricing

The Unsurprising Surprise of Social Determinants in COVID-19 Mortality

Health Populi

APRIL 10, 2020

Anthony Iton wrote back in 2008 when he was health director of Alameda County, California. Dr. Iton may have been the first person to coin the phrase about our ZIP codes pre-determining our health outcomes. health care system and how scarce resources get allocated to medical care and social care.

COVID-19

COVID-19 Nurses Nursing Homes Health Outcomes

Calling Out Health Equity on Martin Luther King Day 2019

Health Populi

JANUARY 20, 2019

By now, most clued-in Americans know the score on the nation’s collective health status compared to other developed countries: suffice it to say, We’re Still Not #1 for health outcomes, albeit we’re the biggest spender on healthcare, per health citizen, in the world.

Public Health

Public Health Health Outcomes Doctors Hospitals

A Nutrition Label for Health IT

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

“The idea was to protect the consumer from fraudulent and dangerous ingredients,” wrote Suzanne Junod, FDA historian (who, as an interesting aside, has written a fascinating essay on the history of regulation with a lens on the peanut butter and jelly sandwich).

FDA

FDA Governance Fraud World Health

Health Care Compliance Brief

UC San Diego Health Appoints Inaugural Chief Health AI Officer

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

Trending Sources

Organ Transplant Candidates Who Use Medical Cannabis Face Discrimination

Applying Luck Egalitarianism to Health Resource Allocation

The International Weaponization of Health Data

“Healthcare Isn’t Healthy:” the Global Challenge of Health Equity, and Calls-to-Action

AI is the New Health Literacy Challenge for Patients and the Health/Care Industry

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

Deep Human Interactions: The Antidote To More AI In Health Care – Learning From Philips’ CEO At HIMSS19

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

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

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

Why CTA’s Shepherding AI Is Important for Re-Imagining Healthcare

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

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

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

The Unsurprising Surprise of Social Determinants in COVID-19 Mortality

Calling Out Health Equity on Martin Luther King Day 2019

A Nutrition Label for Health IT

Stay Connected