Health Information Technology

  • Read more: Should healthcare systems implement routine recontacting services in clinical practice? Some legal and logistical considerations
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    Should healthcare systems implement routine recontacting services in clinical practice? Some legal and logistical considerations

    By Daniele Carrieri, Angus Clarke, Anneke Lucassen, Susan Kelly Advances in genetic and genomic medicine are resulting in better diagnosis and treatment of some health conditions, and the question of whether former patients should be recontacted is therefore timely. Recontacting patients to inform them of new information or new testing, that could be relevant to their…

  • Read more: UDI Adoption: A Necessary Step Towards Better Care for Patients with Implanted Devices
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    UDI Adoption: A Necessary Step Towards Better Care for Patients with Implanted Devices

    By Dalia Deak In the United States, though many millions of individuals live with implanted devices, it may shock you to know that it is easier to recall tainted dog food than it is to recall a faulty pacemaker. This is due in large part to the lag of the medical device world behind most other…

  • Read more: Big Data, Genetics, and Re-Identification
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    Big Data, Genetics, and Re-Identification

    By Zachary Shapiro While all scientific research produces data, genomic analysis is somewhat unique in that it inherently produces vast quantities of data. Every human genome contains roughly 20,000-25,000 genes, so that even the most routine genomic sequencing or mapping will generate enormous amounts of data. Furthermore, next-generation sequencing techniques are being pioneered to allow…

  • Read more: NPRM Summary from HHS
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    NPRM Summary from HHS

    By I. Glenn Cohen As Michelle noted, the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) on human subjects research is out after a long delay. For my (and many Bill of Health bloggers’) view about its predecessor ANPRM, you can check out our 2014 book, Human Subjects Research Regulation: Perspectives on the Future. Here is HHS’s own summary of…

  • Read more: Of Algorithms, Algometry, and Others: Pain Measurement & The Quantification of Distrust
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    Of Algorithms, Algometry, and Others: Pain Measurement & The Quantification of Distrust

    By Frank Pasquale Many thanks to Amanda for the opportunity to post as a guest in this symposium. I was thinking more about neuroethics half a decade ago, and my scholarly agenda has, since then, focused mainly on algorithms, automation, and health IT. But there is an important common thread: The unintended consequences of technology.…

  • Read more: Tackling Medicaid In Massachusetts
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    Tackling Medicaid In Massachusetts

    This new post by Jeffrey Sánchez appears on the Health Affairs Blog as part of a series stemming from the Third Annual Health Law Year in P/Review event held at Harvard Law School on Friday, January 30, 2015. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides a number of tools to address longstanding problems in our fragmented health care system. At the…

  • Read more: Exploring The Significant State-To-State Variation In Marketplace Enrollment
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    Exploring The Significant State-To-State Variation In Marketplace Enrollment

    This new post by the Petrie-Flom Center’s Academic Fellow Matthew J. B. Lawrence appears on the Health Affairs Blog, as part of a series stemming from the Third Annual Health Law Year in P/Review event held at Harvard Law School on Friday, January 30, 2015. What role did geography, advertising, community, Navigators, and the controversy surrounding the Affordable Care Act…

  • Read more: Should Health Lawyers Pay Attention To The Administration’s Privacy Bill?
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    Should Health Lawyers Pay Attention To The Administration’s Privacy Bill?

    By Nicolas Terry Cross Posted from Health Affairs Blog Health care lawyers justifiably ignored the 2012 Obama administration consumer privacy framework because it expressly and broadly exempted entities subject to HIPAA, stating “To avoid creating duplicative regulatory burdens, the Administration supports exempting companies from consumer data privacy legislation to the extent that their activities are subject to existing Federal…

  • Read more: Going for gold: behavioral science reveals new biases in ACA exchange shopping
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    Going for gold: behavioral science reveals new biases in ACA exchange shopping

    By Lauren Taylor A new New England Journal of Medicine commentary by Peter A. Ubel, M.D., David A. Comerford, Ph.D., and Eric Johnson, Ph.D. highlights significant flaws in the way information is presented to insurance shoppers on state and federal exchange websites. The authors present original survey data to support the argument that subtle aspects of…

  • Read more: A Chief Privacy Officer’s Take on the Chanko Case
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    A Chief Privacy Officer’s Take on the Chanko Case

    By Lauren Taylor Earlier this month, Charles Ornstein explored a New York City family’s charge that their privacy was violated by a local hospital and a reality television show in ProPublica. More specifically, he details how the death of one Mr. Mark Chanko was filmed at NY Presbyterian Hospital without the family’s consent, and then…