Researchers in WMG at the University of Warwick have developed a new method that could solve the problem of how to automate support of managing the complexities of care when applying multiple clinical practice guidelines, to patients with more than…
Tag: MEDICAL/SCIENTIFIC ETHICS
Patients say ask before using medical records for research
Learning health care systems using electronic medical records for quality improvement and research should seek patient consent
Geriatrics experts on gender equity in health care: ‘When women rise, we all rise’
Putting power and potential behind gender equity in health care isn’t just common sense. It’s critical to the future of health, safety, and independence for us all as we age, so says the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) in a new…
CSHL press publishes ‘Conscience and Courage,’ the remarkable life story of Henri Termeer
Cold Spring Harbor, New York, October 1, 2019 — Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHL Press) today announced the publication of Conscience and Courage: How Visionary CEO Henri Termeer Built a Biotech Giant and Pioneered the Rare Disease Industry. Written…
Radiology organizations publish statement on ethics of AI in Radiology
The multi-society statement sets expectations and highlights consensus on promoting well-being, minimizing harm and respecting privacy
Open Medicare data helps uncover potential hidden costs of health care
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — An interdisciplinary team of Indiana University scientists studying Medicare data have found an association between health care industry payments to medical providers for non-research expenses and what these providers charge for medical services — shedding new light…
UM awarded 2nd Latin American research ethics grant
Grant will help foster academic research integrity in Latin America
Elsevier works with Wageningen University to detect and prevent citation manipulation
0.8 percent of 69,000 reviewers were associated with suspicious citation patterns, according to a st
Once scarce, neonatal intensive care proliferates
Dartmouth study finds nearly half of newborns in NICUs are normal birth weight
Negotiation: A three-step solution to affordable prescription drugs
Harvard University and George Mason University professors’ — Drs. Richard G. Frank and Len M. Nicho
Human flourishing in an age of gene editing
International uproar followed the recent birth of the first babies created from embryos whose genomes had been edited with a breakthrough technology. Another scientist has announced the intention to create more gene-edited babies. The potential uses of gene-editing technologies such…
One-third of pre-approved prescription drugs have not completed the FDA approval process
CATONSVILLE, MD, August 26, 2019 – The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Accelerated Approval Program was created in 1992 to significantly accelerate the ability to bring certain new drugs to market. New research to be published in an upcoming issues…
When the cardiology patient ends up in the oncology care ward
New research shows what can happen with patients in ‘off-service’ hospital beds
Regenstrief researcher, national leaders support keeping feeding tube orders on POLST form
Susan Hickman, PhD, director of the Indiana University Center for Aging Research at Regenstrief Institute, and her colleagues nationwide are stressing the importance of including orders about artificial nutrition preferences on POLST (Provider’s Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) forms. POLST…