A Health Policy and Bioethics Consortium Online Viewing In light of the rapidly developing COVID-19 outbreaks, Harvard University has restricted on-campus events. As a result, we will not be allowing in-person attendance at this event. Instead, the full panel discussion will be available for viewing online. To ensure that you will receive access to the…
Health Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic Online Viewing Fully captioned video of the panel discussion and panelists’ slide presentations below! Join the conversation on Twitter: @PetrieFlom #PPEethics! Event Description Personal protective equipment or PPE has been a major topic of discussion across the nation. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed major shortages of PPE and health…
Exploring Resource Allocation and the Framing of Disability Online Resources Couldn’t join the webinar? Event Description The COVID-19 Pandemic is raising difficult to answer questions regarding the allocation of scare resources, such as ventilators. Providers are struggling to triage access to ventilators ethically. Some have argued that we should consider health status and maximizing health…
Notice of Cancelation In light of developments with COVID-19, we have made the decision to cancel the International Regulators’ Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Health Care. Conference Description Join us as we bring together federal-level government regulators of artificial intelligence technologies in North American, European, and Asian jurisdictions to highlight efforts around the globe…
A Health Policy and Bioethics Consortium Online Viewing In light of the rapidly developing COVID-19 outbreaks, Harvard University has restricted on-campus events. As a result, we will not be allowing in-person attendance at this event. Instead, the full panel discussion will be available for viewing online. To ensure that you will receive access to the…
Guaranteeing Health Rights and Universal Health Coverage Online Viewing Couldn’t join us during the webinar? Description Each year in low- and middle-income countries thousands of people are detained in hospitals for non-payment of medical bills, despite the fact that such detention is a violation of national and international law. Hospital detention for nonpayment of bills…
Equity, Access, and Interdependence Online Viewing Couldn’t join us for the live webstream? Join the conversation on Twitter with #AIanddisability , and check out the speakers’ slide presentations below! You can also watch the full event! Description This event highlighted the challenges and opportunities in harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to serve the needs of…
A Health Policy and Bioethics Consortium Description The traditional model for drug development begins with publicly-funded science based in academic or government laboratories before private investors and for-profit pharmaceutical manufacturers become involved with their substantial expertise and resources. This for-profit drug development model has been criticized for leaving certain public health issues unaddressed, particularly diseases…
A Key to Health System Transformation Description Despite most patients’ preferences to die at home among their loved ones, many with end-stage cancer, heart failure, and other advanced illnesses spend their last days in the hospital. Many clinicians resist telling patients that treatments are not working or that their prognosis is poor, fearful of destroying…
Event Description In the fifteen years since the United States Supreme Court referred to developmental science in ruling the death penalty unconstitutional for juveniles in Roper v. Simmons, state and federal courts have seen a wave of neuroscience-informed juvenile justice litigation. Advocates have come to see neuroscience as a powerful tool, and the Supreme Court…
