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FDA’s Promised Rules on Pulse Oximeters Unlikely To End Decades of Racial Bias

Kaiser Health News

senators have pressed the FDA to take steps to eliminate pulse oximetry’s racial bias, which has caused delays in treatment and worse health outcomes, and more recently has raised concern about the reliability of hospital AI tools that draw on reams of data from the devices. . The FDA’s response was modest.

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Introducing Affiliated Researchers for the Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation

Bill of Health

(he/him or they/them) has been personally utilizing psychedelics and other substances in celebratory and spiritual contexts for over fifteen years, and has been actively participating in the drug policy reform movement since 2013. Justin is currently engaged in clinical work seeking to expand the reach of harm reduction services in New Haven.

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IoT and The Rise of the Machines in Healthcare

Health Populi

. “During the chaos and confusion, threat actors launched cyberattacks,” Ordr observed in the wake of the public health crisis. In this Rise of the Medical Machines, the major risks for health care organizations were that, 68% of health care deployments had more than 10 FDA recalls.

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Designing Digital Health for Public Health Preparedness and Equity: the Consumer Tech Association Doubles Down

Health Populi

At the same time, CTA has published a paper on Advancing Health Equity Through Technology which complements and reinforces the PHTI announcement and objective. Tribal health departments. Over 160,000 public and private labs. Hospitals and health care providers. Health plans. value-based).

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Updates Safety Concerns on Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants After Two Wide-Spread Recalls

The Health Law Firm

On January 17, 2013, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an updated public health communication about hip replacement components that have both a metal ball and a metal socket, or metal-on-metal hip devices. Click here to read the FDA communication.

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Tobacco Issues Awaiting Robert Califf at the FDA

Bill of Health

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), bringing a drawn out and contentious process to a close. Califf will be the second-ever FDA Commissioner to serve non-consecutive terms, and the first to have been confirmed by the Senate on two separate occasions. Banning Menthol Cigarettes.

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5 Key Facts to Know About FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization Process

Exeed Regulatory Compliance

It is a public health emergency of massive scale that has affected nearly all aspects of our life. In a major crisis like this, it is good to know that the FDA has a special authority to quickly allow marketing of medical products that can help diagnose, mitigate or treat this highly infectious disease.