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Should TikTok Doctors Owe Any Duty of Care Toward Their Followers?

Bill of Health

By Sarah Gabriele Doctors are now using social media platforms to spread medical knowledge and to interact with the communities that they are actively building. A recent survey showed that almost 1 in 5 Americans now turn to TikTok before their doctor for health advice.

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The Dr. Oz Paradox

Bill of Health

Such bad advice, which could get any doctor in legal trouble if disseminated to their patients, may be given to the public at large without fear of sanction. We march into battle with the army we have, and doctors around the world are choosing hydroxychloroquine more than any other solution. Dr. Mehmet Oz (@DrOz) April 3, 2020.

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Is Verbal Consent Permitted for HIPAA?

Compliancy Group

We review the fundamentals of HIPAA informed consent and discuss situations allowing HIPAA verbal consent to release information. The Law Behind HIPAA Informed Consent As the HIPAA Privacy Rule outlines, informed consent helps prevent the unauthorized use and disclosure of PHI.

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Psychedelics in the Clinical Setting: The Potential for Harm and the Promise of Healing

Bill of Health

The theme of perpetuating mistrust is also relevant when considering the complex issue of informed consent in psychedelic research. One of the founding principles of research ethics, informed consent requires participants in clinical trials have a full understanding of what it is they are agreeing to.

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We Need to Evaluate Ethics Curricula

Bill of Health

More schools could consider using simulations of common ethical scenarios, where they might ask students to perform capacity assessments or seek informed consent for procedures. There are also questions about how to assess whether students will make more ethical decisions in practice.

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Artificial Intelligence Plus Data Democratization Requires New Health Care Framework

Bill of Health

The companies controlling these engines intend to market the information for clinician use, but it is hard to imagine from a practical standpoint or from the legal standard of informed consent that this clinically personalized information will remain closely held.

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DHHS Revises and Clarifies Guidelines for Patients’ Informed Consent When Providing Sensitive Medical Care

Foster Swift

In recent years, Michigan has been home to two of the largest sexual abuse scandals involving doctors in history: the sexual abuse committed by Larry Nassar while employed by Michigan State University and the sexual abuse committed by Robert Anderson while employed by the University of Michigan.