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Judging in the Pandemic – A Malawian Perspective

Bill of Health

Additionally, the Government declared COVID-19 a “ formidable disease ” under the Public Health Act on April 1, 2020. It noted that existing social assistance programs that the Government identified for reducing poverty and vulnerability were denounced as failures.

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Governing Health Data for Research, Development, and Innovation: The Missteps of the European Health Data Space Proposal

Bill of Health

By Enrique Santamaría Together with the Data Governance Act (DGA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the proposal for a Regulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS) will most likely form the new regulatory and governance framework for the use of health data in the European Union.

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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 The World Health Organization supports this ban and in particular describes it as making informed consent impossible in the health care setting.

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New Evidence on Dementia, Identity, and Decision-Making

Bill of Health

In contrast, if participants concluded that Robin was no longer, in the ethically meaningful sense, the person she had been previously, participants might think we must move beyond our default posture of recognizing personal decision-making, to some other system, perhaps governed by pre-existing advance directives.

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The Council of Europe’s Artificial Intelligence Convention: Implications for Health and Patients

Bill of Health

The enormous ‘data hunger’ of medical AI may also affect medical privacy, and the opaque nature of many AI applications may put existing health practices and other patients’ rights under pressure, such as the provision of information, informed consent, and legal redress.

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Inpatient telemedicine improves care and patient satisfaction at Howard University Hospital

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Staff addressed questions related to documentation of the visits, informed consent, government regulations, physician licensing and supervision of residents, and developed forms in the EHR. Multi-way communication. "The telemedicine system currently is not integrated with other systems," Dawson said.

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How to Ensure Dental Regulatory Compliance 

American Medical Compliance

State Dental Practice Acts The Dental Practice Act of each state serves as a comprehensive regulatory framework governing the conduct, licensure, and recordkeeping obligations of dental practitioners within their jurisdiction. They include principles of patient care, confidentiality, and informed consent.