Bill of Health
MARCH 15, 2023
By Sarah Gabriele Doctors are now using social media platforms to spread medical knowledge and to interact with the communities that they are actively building. A recent survey showed that almost 1 in 5 Americans now turn to TikTok before their doctor for health advice.
Bill of Health
JUNE 27, 2022
There are certain public health commercials that generations will always remember. Sleep Deprivation and Public Health Effects. But when over a third of the adult American population regularly doesn’t get enough sleep, it’s a deadly public health problem.
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Bill of Health
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
The federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (“PREP”) Act, which preempts certain claims related to precautions against COVID-19 infection, may also fail to provide a safe harbor. irina_manta The post Hospitals That Ditch Masks Risk Exposure appeared first on Bill of Health.
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 4, 2021
Many patients just assume that the healthcare interoperability problem has been solved and that the data from their doctor or a lab or imaging center is going to be shared between doctors, specialists, and whomever needs it in healthcare.
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
” Perhaps Definition 3 in the OED could be updated by a blog published online in the September 25, 2020, issue of Health Affairs, A New “PPE” For A Thriving Community: Public Health, Primary Care, Health Equity.
Bill of Health
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
But, according to one study , half of his publicly disseminated medical advice is wrong. Such bad advice, which could get any doctor in legal trouble if disseminated to their patients, may be given to the public at large without fear of sanction. By Claudia E. Haupt.
Bill of Health
MAY 17, 2022
These laws are detrimental to the mental, physical, and social health of children. In their pediatricians’ offices, they will not be able to receive validating treatment or even have frank discussions with their doctors, even if their doctors want to support them. By Arisa R.
Bill of Health
JUNE 13, 2022
As medical care advanced — and categories like “ brain death ” emerged — doctors found themselves facing challenging new dilemmas and old ones more often. Medical Schools’ Curricula appeared first on Bill of Health. By Leah Pierson.
Bill of Health
DECEMBER 16, 2022
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research. Hilary Wething, PhD, is an assistant professor of public policy and a Jackman-McCourtney Early Career Professor at Penn State University.
Health Populi
JULY 28, 2020
This week, announcements from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and Withings further bolster the case for the private sector bolstering public health in this pandemic…and future ones to come beyond the Age of the Coronavirus.
Bill of Health
JANUARY 10, 2023
What was once personal, private, and one hoped, protected within the presumptively confidential space of the doctor-patient relationship, feels exposed. From a health care policy perspective, what is different now is not what might happen. By Wendy A. Bach and Nicolas Terry.
Bill of Health
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
health law and policy fails to protect people in custody. Here is what we know — despite the secrecy that shields penal institutions — about carceral health care. Carceral health care occurs within a regulatory vacuum. By Andrea C. Armstrong.
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Doctors in the U.S. Doctors and patients, both, have roles to play in addressing medical misinformation online. That’s less than half of the percentage of doctors saying so — 98%, virtually all U.S. ” In the COVID-19 public health emergency, the U.S.
Bill of Health
JANUARY 3, 2023
Although three in four doctors support scrapping state medical boards in favor of a single federal license, such sweeping reform is likely far off. appeared first on Bill of Health. By Timothy Bonis.
Bill of Health
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Up until a few days before, the public was expecting approval to possibly drag into summer. While there was a loud, organized anti-vaccine voice in the public discourse, the voices calling to urgently approve vaccines for children were scattered. By Fatima Khan.
The Health Law Firm Blog
JULY 18, 2022
Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On July 15, 2022, the United States again renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency, allowing millions of Americans special access to free tests, vaccines, and treatments. By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A.,
Health Populi
JUNE 13, 2022
Doctors heads and hearts are jammed with concerns beyond curing patients’ medical conditions: U.S. Underneath that top-line statistic, it’s important to note that: 52% of doctors are “very concerned” about healthcare access, 28% are “concerned,” and.
Bill of Health
DECEMBER 12, 2022
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently adopted new policies aimed at protecting access to reproductive health care and reducing government interference in medical practice. Jackson Women’s Health Care Organization. . Jackson Women’s Health OrganizationBy Katie Gu.
Bill of Health
MARCH 6, 2023
The bottom-line logic here is: physicians and health care professionals are vulnerable, require coverage for criminal prosecution, and are entitled to a defense until proven guilty. The post That’s Criminal: The Choices Fertility Specialists May Have to Make appeared first on Bill of Health.
Bill of Health
MARCH 22, 2023
Though the chain of events in North Carolina was certainly more publicized, two states, Arkansas and Tennessee , had already passed laws prohibiting localities from protecting all LGBTQ individuals from discrimination before HB2 was even on a legislative calendar.
Bill of Health
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Health professions students are often required to complete training in ethics. This suggests there is no consensus on the best way to teach ethics to health professions students. After all, ethics training is different from other kinds of training health professions students receive.
Bill of Health
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
It is equally impossible to fulfill the basic principles of health care delivery — like safe discharge planning — for incarcerated patients in other medical settings, such as the emergency room. Health care delivery centers on quality and safety. By Zainab Ahmed.
Bill of Health
JANUARY 9, 2023
Black women are less likely to receive mental health diagnosis, treatment, and care than their white counterparts. In this article, I suggest that mental health screening for Black women should include screening for depression in addition to anxiety. By Krista Cezair.
Bill of Health
OCTOBER 14, 2022
When pandemic response efforts are hampered by inadequate enforcement resources and political polarization, tort liability could, potentially, be a powerful public health tool. public health infrastructure has historically relied heavily on state and local authorities.
Bill of Health
JANUARY 26, 2023
Without affirmative action in higher education, our physician workforce may become less diverse, and the quality of health care may suffer. Conclusion Affirmative action in university and medical school admissions has been important public policy for our nation.
Bill of Health
OCTOBER 5, 2022
Jackson Women’s Health Organization , which overturned the constitutional right to abortion, laws went into effect in multiple states that restrict when abortions may be provided, including during potentially life-threatening emergencies. By James G. Hodge, Jr., Jennifer Piatt, Erica N.
Bill of Health
APRIL 22, 2022
In terms of health care practice and patient safety, these underpinning basic, foundational concepts include the need for proper patient communication strategies. It is clear that communication is one of the basic tenets of patient safety that health care staff need to regularly revisit.
Bill of Health
JUNE 9, 2022
Jackson Women’s Health Organization suggests that U.S. According to the Court, the start of the second trimester marks the point at which maternal health becomes compelling; that is, abortion becomes more dangerous than standard childbirth at this moment. By James R. Jolin.
Health Populi
JANUARY 26, 2023
While the same proportion of Black and White patients say they are looking for a doctor with empathy and compassion, there are relatively large differences between patients based on their race, found in the Everyday Health-Castle Connolly Physician-Consumer study.
Bill of Health
APRIL 7, 2022
In the years before the pandemic, and especially since the pandemic began, there have been increasing calls to decolonize global health. The diverse tapestry of international human rights scholarship related to health is often not reflected in analyses of the field from the economic North.
Health Populi
DECEMBER 28, 2021
I frequently use this book when conducting futures and scenario planning sessions with clients in health/care. along with health disparities and inequities. Telehealth will help many people meet up with health care access — but not necessarily universally or equitably.
Bill of Health
AUGUST 11, 2022
Despite the value of a constitutionally enshrined right to health, such a guarantee, on its own, does not ensure patient rights or a nuanced understanding of patient-centered care. Does this mean that the right to health in some way has a negative effect on patients’ rights?
Health Populi
MARCH 14, 2023
In 2014, ECRI pivoted the title of this annual report to “patient safety concerns,” a nuance away from health technology. While technology is embedded in this list, the headlines have more to do with social, mental, and behavioral health than pure-play technology and devices.
Bill of Health
JUNE 29, 2022
The post How to Assess the Impact of Medical Ethics Education appeared first on Bill of Health. By Leah Pierson. There has been too little evaluation of ethics courses in medical education in part because there is not consensus on what these courses should be trying to achieve.
Bill of Health
JUNE 16, 2022
The content of First Aid provides insight into the material emphasized on Step 1 — the first licensing exam medical students take, and one that is famous for testing doctors on Googleable minutia. The post Medical School Curricula Should Reflect Disease Burden appeared first on Bill of Health.
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