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AI’s Ability to Manipulate Decision Making Requires a Moratorium on Its Use in Obtaining Consent for Biomedical Research

Bill of Health

The federal government’s commitment to assuring that participants in human subject research provide fully informed consent dates back to the U.S In 2017, Congress acted again to update the Common Rule and strengthen the provisions related to consent. While the U.S. These warnings echo those of the U.S.

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Why We Should Care About the Move from Saliva to Living Cells in Precision Medicine

Bill of Health

While collecting and isolating DNA samples from saliva may offer a wealth of information regarding heredity, disease risk, and other outflows of the “instruction manual” for patients, analyzing cells captures the minutiae of patients that goes “beyond the book” and most closely informs pathology.

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How to Mitigate Ethical Challenges of AI-Driven Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

The use of AI is revolutionizing the delivery of healthcare, but its use comes with significant ethical challenges that cannot be ignored, the most important of which involve bias and informed consent. . thus presenting significant issues relating to technical and emergent bias. . About Natalie C. About Carly C.

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Risks of dispensing ivermectin

Natalia Mazina

The associations reminded the public that (1) ivermectin is not approved by the FDA for human use to prevent or treat Covid-19 and (2) Clinical trials and observational studies to evaluate the use of ivermectin to prevent and treat COVID-19 in humans have yielded insufficient evidence to recommend its use.

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Embracing Technology: FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Decentralized Clinical Trials

Hall Render

Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released draft guidance regarding the conduct of decentralized clinical trials (“DCTs”) for drugs, biological products and devices. This draft guidance expands on previous FDA recommendations released in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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OIG Advisory Opinion Alert: Yet Another Favorable Decision for Medical Device Manufacturers

Healthcare Law Blog

Section 1128A(a)(5) of the Act), the Proposed Arrangement nevertheless presented a minimal risk of fraud and abuse under the law on the facts presented. The Therapy is available only for clinical use under an FDA-approved, Category B Investigational Device Exemption (“IDE”) ( see 42 CFR 405.211(b)-(c) ).

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Challenges, Ethical Concerns, and Pessimistic Views with AI Integration

Healthcare IT Today

Kevin Paroda, Global Segment Manager, Acute Care at CenTrak The integration of AI in healthcare presents several challenges and ethical considerations, particularly regarding patient privacy, data security, and algorithmic bias. An AI hallucination is a false or misleading response that AI generates and presents as fact.