New TWIHL: Intellectual Property in the Time of COVID-19
Our discussion probes broad questions regarding the role of intellectual property in promoting innovation and protecting against fakes during the pandemic.
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Read more: Medical Licensure Law Suspensions During COVID-19 Present Opportunity for Change Medical Licensure Law Suspensions During COVID-19 Present Opportunity for Change
The collective rollback of licensure laws is an opportunity for states to reexamine their priorities around provider licensing.
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Read more: The Disparate Impact of COVID-19 on Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities The Disparate Impact of COVID-19 on Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
It is clear that responses to the pandemic—with respect to more basic resources than ventilators—has been uneven, particularly for the most vulnerable.
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Read more: Hospital Administration and the COVID-19 Pandemic (Part I) Hospital Administration and the COVID-19 Pandemic (Part I)
An overview of for-profit and not-for-profit hospital administration, which lays the groundwork for understanding the crises that hospitals currently face.
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Read more: New Stark Law Waiver Opens Opportunity for Creative Physician Compensation and Benefits New Stark Law Waiver Opens Opportunity for Creative Physician Compensation and Benefits
The Stark Law waiver is an opportunity to consider whether the “sky will fall” without the Stark Law governing physician compensation.
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Read more: Reopening the Country During COVID-19: Legal and Policy Issues Reopening the Country During COVID-19: Legal and Policy Issues
There is a pressing need for a set of principles to guide not just the imposing of COVID-type restrictions, but also relaxing or lifting them.
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Read more: Ethical Duties of Health Care Providers and the Public in the Time of COVID-19 Ethical Duties of Health Care Providers and the Public in the Time of COVID-19
We typically speak of duties under “normal” circumstances, and normal certainly does not describe the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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Read more: Disability and Rationing of Care amid COVID-19 Disability and Rationing of Care amid COVID-19
Most physicians and bioethicists involved in establishing rationing of care guidelines have not claimed disability status. This needs to change.
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Read more: How Triage During COVID-19 Can be Fair to Patients with Disabilities How Triage During COVID-19 Can be Fair to Patients with Disabilities
Triage policies that use medical evidence to save more lives are legal, ethical, and better for patients with disabilities than other approaches.
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Read more: Human Subjects Research in Emergencies: An Ethical and Legal Guide (Part I) Human Subjects Research in Emergencies: An Ethical and Legal Guide (Part I)
Without minimizing the need for haste, it is important to remain aware of the risks inherent in rushing to treat patients with anything that might work.
