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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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Organ Transplant Candidates Who Use Medical Cannabis Face Discrimination

Bill of Health

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.

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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. ” A Chilling Effect on Global Health Research.

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Applying Luck Egalitarianism to Health Resource Allocation

Bill of Health

By Hannah Rahim Luck egalitarianism is a theory of political philosophy that provides that inequalities resulting from an individual’s informed choices are just and need not be reduced, whereas inequalities resulting from circumstances over which an individual has no control are unjust and should be reduced.

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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. That’s too great a burden to put on patients, which could pressure clinicians to make unsound treatment decisions.

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

Health Populi

. “It is ironic,” they write, “that although patients (and their physicians) still have difficulty obtaining complete medical record information in a timely fashion, the HIPAA Privacy Rule permits massive troves of patients digital health data to traverse the medical-industrial complex unmonitored and unregulated.”

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