March 30, 2020

  • Read more: Pandemic Guidelines, Not Changed Malpractice Rules, Are the Right Response to COVID-19
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    Pandemic Guidelines, Not Changed Malpractice Rules, Are the Right Response to COVID-19

    By Valerie Gutmann Koch, Govind Persad, and Wendy Netter Epstein On March 17, the Washington Post published an op-ed by Dr. Jeremy Faust, titled Make This Simple Change to Free Up Hospital Beds Now. In it, he argues that cities and states should “temporarily relax the legal standard of medical malpractice,” in order to encourage…

    LOMBARDIA, ITALY - FEBRUARY 26, 2020: Empty hospital field tent for the first AID, a mobile medical unit of red cross for patient with Corona Virus. Camp room for people infected with an epidemic.
  • Read more: Anonymity in the Time of a Pandemic: Privacy vs. Transparency
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    Anonymity in the Time of a Pandemic: Privacy vs. Transparency

    By Cansu Canca As coronavirus cases increase worldwide, institutions keep their communities informed with frequent updates—but only up to a point. They share minimal information such as number of cases, but omit the names of individuals and identifying information. Many institutions are legally obligated to protect individual privacy, but is this prohibition of transparency ethically…

    Photograph of a doctor in blue scrubs overlaid with an illustration of a padlock