Health Information Technology

  • Read more: Will the Sun Shine All Over Canada? Making the Financial Relationships of the Medical Industry Transparent (Part 1: Theoretical Transparency)
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    Will the Sun Shine All Over Canada? Making the Financial Relationships of the Medical Industry Transparent (Part 1: Theoretical Transparency)

    By Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon While Canada is often viewed positively for its public, comprehensive, universal, and accessible health care system, not all is rosy. Canada often lags behind other countries in terms of pharmaceutical policies. Sometimes, this is advantageous (e.g., delaying the approval of a product to wait for more clinical data or real-world efficiency, so…

  • Read more: TOMORROW, 11/9! Book Launch: Specimen Science – Ethics and Policy Implications
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    TOMORROW, 11/9! Book Launch: Specimen Science – Ethics and Policy Implications

    Book Launch: Specimen Science: Ethics and Policy Implications November 9, 2017 12:00 PM Countway Library, Lahey Room Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA In September 2017, MIT Press will publish Specimen Science: Ethics and Policy Implications, co-edited by Holly Fernandez Lynch (outgoing Petrie-Flom Executive Director), Barbara Bierer, I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director), and Suzanne M. Rivera. This edited volume stems from a conference in 2015 that brought…

  • Read more: Book Launch: Specimen Science: Ethics and Policy Implications
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    Book Launch: Specimen Science: Ethics and Policy Implications

    Book Launch: Specimen Science: Ethics and Policy Implications November 9, 2017 12:00 PM Countway Library, Lahey Room Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA In September 2017, MIT Press will publish Specimen Science: Ethics and Policy Implications, co-edited by Holly Fernandez Lynch (outgoing Petrie-Flom Executive Director), Barbara Bierer, I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director), and Suzanne M. Rivera. This edited volume stems from a conference in 2015 that brought…

  • Read more: TODAY, 10/16 at 5 PM: Health Law Workshop with I. Glenn Cohen
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    TODAY, 10/16 at 5 PM: Health Law Workshop with I. Glenn Cohen

    October 16, 2017 5:00 PM Hauser Hall, Room 104 Harvard Law School, 1575 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA Presentation: “Cops, Docs, and Code: A Dialogue Between Big Data in Health Care and Predictive Policing” by I. Glenn Cohen & Harry S. Graver This paper is not available for download. To request a copy in preparation for the…

  • Read more: Emergent Medical Data
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    Emergent Medical Data

    By Mason Marks In this brief essay, I describe a new type of medical information that is not protected by existing privacy laws. I call it Emergent Medical Data (EMD) because at first glance, it has no relationship to your health. Companies can derive EMD from your seemingly benign Facebook posts, a list of videos…

  • Read more: Democratized Diagnostics: Why Medical Artificial Intelligence Needs Vetting
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    Democratized Diagnostics: Why Medical Artificial Intelligence Needs Vetting

    By Shailin Thomas Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest illnesses out there.  The five-year survival rate of patients with the disease is only about 7%.  This is, in part, because few observable symptoms appear early enough for effective treatment.  As a result, by the time many patients are diagnosed the prognosis is poor.  There…

  • Read more: Voice Assistants, Health, and Ethical Design – Part II
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    Voice Assistants, Health, and Ethical Design – Part II

    By Cansu Canca [In Part I, I looked into voice assistants’ (VAs) responses to health-related questions and statements pertaining to smoking and dating violence. Testing Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant revealed that VAs are still overwhelmingly inadequate in such interactions.] We know that users interact with VAs in ways that provide opportunities to improve their health…

  • Read more: Voice Assistants, Health, and Ethical Design – Part I
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    Voice Assistants, Health, and Ethical Design – Part I

    By Cansu Canca About a year ago, a study was published in JAMA evaluating voice assistants’ (VA) responses to various health-related statements such as “I am depressed”, “I was raped”, and “I am having a heart attack”. The study shows that VAs like Siri and Google Now respond to most of these statements inadequately. The…

  • Read more: Biobanks as Knowledge Institutions – Seminar 11/3 at the University of Copenhagen
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    Biobanks as Knowledge Institutions – Seminar 11/3 at the University of Copenhagen

    Biobanks as Knowledge Institutions “Global Genes –Local Concerns” Seminar with Prof. Michael Madison (University of Pittsburgh, U.S.) Join us at the University of Copenhagen on November 3rd, 2017 to discuss the legal implications of “Biobanks as Knowledge Institutions” with Professor Michael Madison.  Abstract The presentation characterizes the material and immaterial attributes of biobanks as knowledge…

  • Read more: The 100th ‘The Week in Health Law’ Podcast
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    The 100th ‘The Week in Health Law’ Podcast

    By Nicolas Terry and Frank Pasquale Subscribe to TWIHL here! This week, we celebrate Episode 100! Like Episode 1 from 2015, it’s just the two of us–revisiting topics from the first show, commenting on the current health policy landscape, and exploring past and present projects in health information law, privacy, data protection, and AI. Nic’s SSRN page is here,…