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November 28, 2023 at 10:13AM
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University Hospitals Leicester touts elective recovery, regional links
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https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/11/university-hospitals-leicester-touts-elective-recovery-regional-links/

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<p>University Hospitals Leicester (UHL) has seen a 10% fall in waiting lists overall between December 2022 and September 2023. </p>
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https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.16079.pdf
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In this work, we improve access to large-scale medical LLMs by releasing MEDITRON: a suite of open-source LLMs with 7B and 70B parameters adapted to the medical domain. MEDITRON builds on Llama-2, and extends pretraining on a comprehensively curated medical corpus, including selected PubMed articles, abstracts, and internationally-recognized medical guidelines.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.16075.pdf
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In this paper, we investigate the potential of Large Language Models to complement biomedical knowledge graphs in the training of semantic models and introduce BioLORD-2023, a state-of-the-art model for semantic textual similarity and biomedical concept representation designed for the clinical domain.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.15946.pdf
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We introduce the first public annotated dataset specifically on the Mobility domain of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), aiming to facilitate automatic extraction and analysis of functioning information from free-text clinical notes.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.14730.pdf
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This paper unveils MemoryCompanion, a pioneering digital health solution explicitly tailored for Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and their caregivers. Using the GPT technology, MemoryCompanion manifests a personalized caregiving paradigm, fostering interactions via voice-cloning and talking-face mechanisms.

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"This patient is one of a growing number of women who advocates say are challenging a culture of silence and stigma around mistreatment during pregnancy and birth. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the experiences are not uncommon and may contribute to the nation's maternal mortality rate -- one of the highest among the richest countries in the world."

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"The overturn of Roe has intensified the struggle between those who don’t want strict abortion bans to trump the life and health of the pregnant person and absolutists who see preservation of a fetus as the singular goal, even over the objections of the majority of voters. In the states where near-total abortion bans went into effect after Roe’s protections evaporated, the absolutists have largely been winning."

~ Pro Publica

https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-ban-exceptions-trigger-laws-health-risks

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November 28, 2023 at 08:00AM
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Narcissistic individuals are more afraid of being without their phones
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https://www.psypost.org/2023/11/narcissistic-individuals-are-more-afraid-of-being-without-their-phones-214759

<p>A study conducted among post-secondary school and university students in Romania has revealed that individuals exhibiting pronounced narcissistic traits are more likely to experience elevated levels of nomophobia, which is the discomfort or annoyance experienced when without a mobile phone or when unable to use it. These individuals also showed a higher tendency towards social media addiction, and this addiction played a mediating role in the relationship between narcissism and stress symptoms. The study was published in the <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2023.2256453"><em>Journal of Psychology</em></a>.</p>
<p>Narcissism is a personality trait characterized by a grandiose sense of self-importance, a preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success or power, a belief in one’s own unique and special qualities, a constant need for excessive admiration, a lack of empathy for others, and a sense of entitlement. Individuals with narcissistic traits often display a strong desire for attention and admiration, seeking to be the center of attention in social situations.</p>
<p>Narcissism can be said to consist of two components – grandiosity and vulnerability. Narcissistic grandiosity refers to an inflated and exaggerated sense of self-importance and superiority, while narcissistic vulnerability pertains to an underlying fragility, hypersensitivity to criticism, and fear of inadequacy beneath the surface bravado of individuals with narcissistic traits.</p>
<p>Recent studies have identified a correlation between narcissistic grandiosity and problematic social media use. Social media platforms offer distinctive opportunities for narcissistic individuals to satisfy their need for attention, motivating them to dedicate more time and effort to their online presence and activities.</p>
<p>With these findings in mind, study authors Alexandra Maftei and Acnana-Maria Pătrăușanu aimed to investigate the connections between narcissism, stress, nomophobia, and social media addiction. They hypothesized that individuals with more pronounced narcissistic traits would exhibit more symptoms of social media addiction and nomophobia, experiencing discomfort or annoyance when without their phones or unable to use them. They also posited that higher levels of social media addiction and nomophobia would correlate with increased stress levels.</p>
<p>The study’s participants included 394 post-secondary school students and 165 university students from Eastern Romania. Recruited through in-class announcements, they were invited to partake in an online survey. The final sample comprised 559 participants aged between 18 and 45 years.</p>
<p>The participants completed assessments measuring narcissism (using the Narcissistic Personality Inventory), stress (using the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale), symptoms of social media addiction (using the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, for example, “How often during the last year have you used social media so much that it has had a negative impact on your job/studies?”), and nomophobia (using the Nomophobia Questionnaire, for instance, “I would feel uncomfortable without constant access to information through my smartphone”).</p>
<p>Results showed that individuals with more pronounced narcissism tended to have greater social media addiction symptoms and higher nomophobia. Individuals with more pronounced social media addiction and higher nomophobia also tended to report higher stress levels.</p>
<p>The study authors tested a statistical model suggesting that the relationship between narcissism and stress is mediated through social media addiction and nomophobia. The findings supported this model, indicating that the connection between narcissism and stress is explained by these two factors. The study also found that younger individuals were more likely to exhibit heightened levels of nomophobia and narcissism.</p>
<p>“The most important finding of the present study is related to the mediating roles of social media addiction and nomophobia on the link between narcissism and stress. As hypothesized, individuals high in narcissism might be more prone to develop these behavioral addictions, which would further lead to increased stress levels,” the study authors concluded.</p><div class="addrop-wrap" data-id="64749"><p style="text-align: center;">
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<p>While the study contributes valuable insights into the connections between narcissism, social media use, and stress, it also has limitations that must be acknowledged. Notably, the study’s design precludes drawing any cause-and-effect conclusions from the data. Furthermore, since the majority of the participants were young, the results may not be generalizable to different age groups and demographics.</p>
<p>The paper, “<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2023.2256453">Digital Reflections: Narcissism, Stress, Social Media Addiction, and Nomophobia</a>”, was authored by Alexandra Maftei and Acnana-Maria Pătrăușanu.</p>
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November 28, 2023 at 08:00AM
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Oxford University Hospitals launches blood clot app
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<p>A new app aimed at reducing the risk of patients developing a blood clot during or after a hospital stay as been launched by Oxford University Hospitals. </p>
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November 28, 2023 at 07:02AM
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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
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https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/11/digital-health-coffee-time-briefing-37/

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November 28, 2023 at 06:00AM
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Mindfulness meditation shows promise in reducing problematic pornography use
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https://www.psypost.org/2023/11/mindfulness-meditation-shows-promise-in-reducing-problematic-pornography-use-214756

<p>A recent study provides initial evidence that mindfulness meditation could reduce problematic pornography use among young adults. This intriguing finding opens a new avenue for addressing a growing concern in the digital age. The study was published in the journal <em><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/26929953.2023.2270620" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sexual Health & Compulsivity.</a></em></p>
<p>The consumption of pornography, facilitated by the ease of access through internet-enabled devices, has become a widespread phenomenon globally. While many people view pornography without significant issues, a subset of users develop problematic patterns. These patterns can lead to a range of negative outcomes, such as risky sexual behaviors and mental health issues.</p>
<p>Prior research has hinted at the potential of mindfulness-based interventions in treating various forms of addiction. However, the specific application of these techniques to problematic pornography use remained largely unexplored. This gap led researchers to conduct the current study, aiming to understand the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation in this context.</p>
<p>“Nowadays excessive porn consumption among young adults is a big worry. There is a substantial increase in the number of people watch pornography both globally and in India in last several years,” said study author Gagan Jain, an assistant professor at Manipal University Jaipur.</p>
<p>“The societal costs of pornography are staggering but the human toll, particularly among youth and in families, is far greater. Research shows that pornography hinders the development of a healthy sexuality, and among adults, it distorts sexual attitudes and social realities. In families, pornography use leads to marital dissatisfaction, infidelity, separation, and divorce.”</p>
<p>“As a young psychologist and college professor, I also come across such cases where problematic porn consumption creates havoc in the people’s lives. I am also deeply interested in mindfulness meditation and wanted to know whether the practice of it has any effect on porn watching behavior. This study is the result of that curiosity.”</p>
<p>The study involved 76 male participants, all in their early to mid-twenties and from similar socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, who were initially recruited from a university department. After initial assessments, the researchers focused on 14 individuals who scored high on a specialized scale measuring problematic pornography use (the Problematic<br />
Pornography Consumption Scale). This scale assessed factors like the importance of pornography in an individual’s life, the mood-changing effects of watching pornography, and symptoms such as tolerance, relapse, and withdrawal.</p>
<p>However, not all 14 participants proceeded with the study. Several declined due to personal reasons, such as time constraints or ongoing participation in other therapeutic interventions. In the end, eight individuals participated in the mindfulness-based intervention. It’s important to note that none of these participants had a regular practice of mindfulness or meditation in their daily lives, although a few were familiar with the concept.</p>
<p>The intervention was straightforward. Participants engaged in a form of Buddhist Vipassana meditation, where they were instructed to sit comfortably and focus on their breathing. They were asked to observe their breath — the inhalation and exhalation — without trying to control or alter it.</p>
<p>The key aspect of this meditation was nonjudgmental awareness, a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. This meant participants were encouraged to notice any sensations or urges without judgment or reaction. Each session lasted for about 20 minutes, followed by five minutes of relaxation music. This routine was followed daily for two weeks.</p><div class="addrop-wrap" data-id="64749"><p style="text-align: center;">
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<p>The results were noteworthy. The average score of problematic pornography use among participants decreased significantly over the course of the intervention. Initially, the average score was around 84.75, which then dropped to 72.38 in the middle of the treatment and further down to 63.37 by the end. This decrease was observed not just in the overall score but across all individual factors of the problematic pornography use scale, such as the significance of pornography in the participants’ lives, the mood-altering effects, and symptoms like tolerance and withdrawal.</p>
<p>“I hypothesized that mindfulness would help in dealing with various psychological ailments but the fact that mindfulness proved to be effective in such a short span of time surprised me,” Jain told PsyPost. He added that the responses from some of the participants was also surprising. “Initially, some of them were reluctant about the practice and found it hard to complete the single session. But as the practice continued, they found it to be quite interesting. Mindfulness meditation not only provided relief from porn watching but also improved their overall life satisfaction.”</p>
<p>These findings suggest that regular mindfulness practice could effectively decrease the adverse effects of problematic pornography use. Specifically, the study found that mindfulness helped reduce the importance of pornography in participants’ lives and moderated its mood-modifying effects. Furthermore, there was a significant decrease in tolerance, relapse, and withdrawal symptoms, indicating an improvement in emotional regulation.</p>
<p>However, “the findings are very preliminary and require the support of other studies for practical validation,” Jain said. “But it can be said that like other beneficial effects of mindfulness meditation practice, it also has therapeutic value in dealing with pornography addiction.”</p>
<p>Despite these promising results, the study is not without limitations. First and foremost, the small number of participants limits the ability to generalize these findings to a larger population. The participants were also quite homogeneous in terms of age, gender, and cultural background, which raises questions about the applicability of the results to more diverse groups.</p>
<p>Looking forward, the research opens up possibilities for future studies. To build on these findings, researchers suggest expanding the study to include a more diverse group of participants and incorporating other behavioral therapy techniques alongside mindfulness. This could provide a more comprehensive understanding of the efficacy of mindfulness meditation in treating problematic pornography use and potentially other behavioral addictions.</p>
<p>“I think, still our mental health care model is treatment based rather than prevention based. My understanding is that if we can widely adopt this practice of meditation, it can work as shield for us not to fall into the trap of various kind of mental ailments at the first place itself.”</p>
<p>The study, “<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/26929953.2023.2270620" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Efficacy of Mindfulness Meditation as a Therapeutic Tool in Problematic Pornography Consumption</a>“, was authored by Samridhi Pareek, Gagan Jain, and Rajnish Kumar Gupta.</p>
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November 28, 2023 at 05:00AM
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Humber and North Yorkshire launch health equity programme
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https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/11/humber-and-north-yorkshire-launch-health-equity-programme/

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<p>Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership is tackling health equity with the launch of its first Health Equity Fellowship programme.</p>
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Will we need less doctors in the future?

Magic Pills Are Coming

“At healthcare conferences, someone always asks, “What if there was a magic pill?” One that could cure major diseases. What would the healthcare industry look like? Some emergency rooms and hospitals but less doctors and spending?”

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FCI on the brink as closing down becomes an increasingly likely option
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<p>The Faculty of Clinical Informatics (FCI) has told its members that it will likely have to be closed down due to severe financial and other pressures.</p>
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Despite ongoing efforts to reinstate access to impacted services, the organization cannot provide a definitive timeline for the restoration process.

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14 hours ago

"This is just sad" - Martina Navratilova reacts to former US attorney's comment on Texas children being booted for medical coverage..#Texas..#GOP..#healthcare..#whitenationalism https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/this-is-just-sad-martina-navratilova-reacts-to-former-us-attorney-s-comment-on-texas-children-being-booted-for-medical-coverage/ar-AA1kC0RX?cvid=1507703620464a8be46c2909242b2c52&ocid=winp2fptaskbar&ei=8

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15 hours ago

Looking at health insurance plans and having to wait to receive my health savings card in the mail just makes me wish we had universal health coverage even more :/
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U.N. Chief Gives Interview From Melting Antarctica on Eve of Summit
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<div><p>Source: <a href="http://www.usnews.com/" rel="tag" target="_blank">U.S. News and World Report</a></p>Ahead of international climate talks, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited globally-important Antarctica, where ice that's been frozen for millions of years is melting due to human-caused global warming, to underscore the need for immediate action. "What happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in Antarctica," he said. At the annual Conference of the Parties, or COP, nations are supposed to curb climate change but so far have failed to do...</div><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><br /><a href="https://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?action=rssHomepage" target="_blank"><img title="Brought to you by Social Psychology Network" alt="Brought to you by SocialPsychology Network" src="https://www.socialpsychology.org/images/rss-footer-large.png" border="0" width="400" height="45" /></a><br><br>
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MRI Study Spotlights Impact of Long COVID on the Brain
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<div><p>Source: <a href="http://news.google.com/" rel="tag" target="_blank">Google News</a></p>A new study comparing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images of patients with long COVID, fully recovered COVID survivors, and healthy controls shows microstructural changes in in the brains of long-COVID patients. The findings will be presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. The research is the first to use diffusion microstructure imaging (DMI), which looks at the movement of water molecules in...</div><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><br /><a href="https://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?action=rssHomepage" target="_blank"><img title="Brought to you by Social Psychology Network" alt="Brought to you by SocialPsychology Network" src="https://www.socialpsychology.org/images/rss-footer-large.png" border="0" width="400" height="45" /></a><br><br>
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<div><p>Source: <a href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/" rel="tag" target="_blank">United Press International - Science News</a></p>Authentic, a word that has shown up everywhere from discussions on identity to artificial intelligence, is the Merriam-Webster Word of the Year for 2023, the publisher said on Monday. The word, which has several dictionary definitions, outpaced other candidates such as rizz, deepfake, and coronation as the most-searched word, driven by stories and conversations about artificial intelligence, celebrity culture, identity, and social media.</div><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><br /><a href="https://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?action=rssHomepage" target="_blank"><img title="Brought to you by Social Psychology Network" alt="Brought to you by SocialPsychology Network" src="https://www.socialpsychology.org/images/rss-footer-large.png" border="0" width="400" height="45" /></a><br><br>
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<div><p>Source: <a href="http://news.google.com/?ned=us&topic=m" rel="tag" target="_blank">Google News - Health</a></p>The world's top climate summit has become mired in a hypocrisy scandal, days before the start of key talks. The United Arab Emirates schemed to use its position as host country of the upcoming COP28 United Nations climate talks to discuss oil and gas deals with more than a dozen countries, leaked documents show. Briefing notes include talking points from Emirati energy companies, according to documents published Monday by the Centre for Climate...</div><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><br /><a href="https://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?action=rssHomepage" target="_blank"><img title="Brought to you by Social Psychology Network" alt="Brought to you by SocialPsychology Network" src="https://www.socialpsychology.org/images/rss-footer-large.png" border="0" width="400" height="45" /></a><br><br>
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https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/pregnant-black-mothers-guaranteed-income-affirmative-action/

18 hours ago

"But the future of the Abundant Birth Project is clouded by a lawsuit alleging that the program, the first of its kind in the nation, illegally discriminates by giving the stipend only to people of a specific race. The lawsuit also targets San Francisco guaranteed-income programs serving artists, transgender people, and Black young adults."

#affirmativeaction #USlaw #healthcare #health #meded #pregnancy #disparities

Pyrzout :vm:

19 hours ago

Ardent hospital ERs disrupted in 6 states after ransomware attack – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com https://ciso2ciso.com/ardent-hospital-ers-disrupted-in-6-states-after-ransomware-attack-source-www-bleepingcomputer-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #CyberSecurityNews #BLEEPINGCOMPUTER #BleepingComputer #healthcare #Security

Wokebloke (call me Doug)

19 hours ago

"RIP Medical Debt buys the debts just like any other collection company, according to NPR's Yuki Noguchi. But instead of trying to profit from them, they simply notify people that their debts are cleared."
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/27/1215420434/medical-debt-insurance-ovarian-cancer-casey-mcintyre
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19 hours ago

#NewMexico's #genderaffirming #policy #generates #waitlists for #healthcare.

Over the past two years, as nearly half of states passed legislation restricting gender-affirming health care, many transgender people began relocating to states that protect access. But not all those states have had the resources to serve everyone.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NewMexico #Transitioning #Healthcare #Immigration #PoliticalAsylum #Representation #Culture

https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2023-11-27/lgbtqia-issues/nms-gender-affirming-policy-generates-waitlists-for-health-care/a87301-1

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20 hours ago

Today, a young American woman between the ages of 25 and 34 face higher mortality rates than at any other point in more than 50 years. And had the mortality rate remained flat between 2000 and 2021, nearly 40,000 young women would not have died.
~Sara Srygley of PRB

https://www.prb.org/articles/today-young-women-in-the-united-states-are-more-likely-to-die-than-at-any-point-since-the-1960s/

@demography @sociology @publico_bot #Health #Healthcare #PublicHealth #Mortality #Data #Trend #Statistics #Overdose #COVID #COVID19 #Safety #Wellbeing #MeToo

Line chart showing mortality rate. Data available at link in post.

Steve Zakulec

20 hours ago

From @mononcqc comes this great post on the collision of clinical reality and security policies.
https://cohost.org/mononcqc/post/3647311-paper-you-want-my-p #ux #ui #cybersecurity #infosec #healthcare

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21 hours ago

Top 10 Healthcare Software Development Companies - With digital transformation on all business forefronts, healthcare as an industry ... - https://readwrite.com/top-10-healthcare-software-development-companies/ #healthcaresoftwaredevelopmentcompanies #softwaredevelopmentinhealthcare #healthcaresoftwaresolutions #healthcaredevelopment #healthcare #software

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21 hours ago

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November 27, 2023 at 02:31PM
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Thanksgiving outages at hospitals caused by ransomware
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https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.13668.pdf
#NLP #Healthcare

We present a radiology-specific multimodal model for the task for generating radiological reports from chest X-rays (CXRs). We recall that large language model(s) can be equipped with multimodal capabilities through alignment with pre-trained vision encoders. MAIRA-1 thus leverages a CXR-specific image encoder with a fine-tuned large language model based on Vicuna-7B.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.13735.pdf
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We introduce LLM-codex, a two-stage approach to predict ICD codes that first generates evidence proposals using an LLM
and then employs an LSTM-based verification stage. The LSTM learns from both the LLM's high recall but low precision, and human expert's high precision, using a custom loss function.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.14539.pdf
#NLP #Healthcare

This paper proposes CMed-GPT, a GPT language model based on Chinese medical domain text. The model is available in two versions (base and large), with corresponding perplexity values of 8.64 and 8.01. Additionally, we incorporate lexical and entity embeddings into the dialogue text in a uniform manner to meet the requirements of downstream dialogue generation tasks.

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By the Numbers: 27 November 2023

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$11,500

The average amount spent on "out-of-pocket costs related to caregiving each year" by family members and others "who provide care for veterans," according to AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving . This is "1.5 times higher than what other family caregivers spend ($7,242)." Also, "43 percent of veteran and military caregivers experienced at least one financial setback such as having to take on more debt or dip into personal savings."

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New campaign from @DoNoHarmBC:

"B.C. funding for #COVID-related initiatives ends after 2023. This means losing capacity for economic recovery, supporting vulnerable British Columbians, and vital health management like #vaccination, testing, and protective equipment for #healthcare workers. As we head into 2024, we call on the B.C. government to recommit to funding these essential programs - and to harness lessons learned so far from COVID-19 and climate emergencies, and make forward-thinking investments in #PublicHealth Please send this email to your MLA: https://donoharmbc.ca/budget2024-campaign/

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Wired: The Best Continuous Glucose Monitors https://www.wired.com/gallery/the-best-continuous-glucose-monitors/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Gear/Products/HealthandFitness #Gear/BuyingGuides #Science/Health #digitalhealth #buyingguides #healthcare #Wearables #ShopSmart #health #review #Gear

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4323663-5-states-where-the-abortion-fight-is-likely-to-play-out-next/

23 hours ago

"A handful of purple and red states are poised to be the next battlegrounds in the abortion rights fight after advocates won a major victory in Ohio this month...Abortion rights advocates are now looking to amend state constitutions in states such as Nevada, Arizona and Florida in an effort to establish or strengthen existing abortion protections..."

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The Meow ransomware emerged as various criminal gangs created different variants using the leaked Conti code.

https://cybersec84.wordpress.com/2023/11/27/vanderbilt-university-medical-center-probes-cybersecurity-incident/

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/24/medicare-advantage-plans-congress-00128353

"More than 30 million older Americans are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans, wooed by lower premiums and more benefits than traditional Medicare offers.

But a bipartisan group of lawmakers is increasingly concerned that insurance companies are preying on seniors, and, in some cases, denying care that would otherwise be approved by traditional Medicare."

#healthcare #medicare #medicareadvantage #aging #seniors #insurance

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https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/11/27/bc-court-pharmaceutical-opioid-crisis

#BCgovernment goes up against dozens of #healthcare & #pharmaceutical companies in #court Monday in a bid to get certification for a #ClassAction #lawsuit over the costs of the #OpioidCrisis.

It comes even after the #SupremeCourt of #Canada agreed this month to hear a #ConstitutionalChallenge by 4 of the companies who say a #law allowing #BritishColumbia to recover costs on behalf of other governments is an overreach.

#BCpoli #BClaw #CanadianLaw #Legal

#health #healthcare #insurance #healthinsurance #optum #unitedhealth #ftc #monopoly

ICYMI on Friday while you were surfing for deals:

A health system says that at a 2021 dinner, #Optum execs told the health system to "stay in its lane" and out of the physician business, which Optum viewed as its "domain."

Many more alleged anti-competitive practices abound in the lawsuit. Read more: https://www.statnews.com/2023/11/24/unitedhealth-optum-antitrust-lawsuit/

Cybernews

https://cybernews.com/news/ardent-health-services-cyberattack/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cybernews&utm_content=post

Several US-based hospitals are struggling with network outages. All affected locations belong to the same healthcare provider, Ardent Health Services.
#AHS #cyberattack #cybersecurity #US #healthcare #infosec

ProPublica

#Health #HealthCare #ReproductiveRights #Women #Pregnancy #GOP #News #Politics

Some #Republicans Were Willing to Compromise on #Abortion Ban Exceptions. Anti-Abortion Activists Made Sure They Didn’t.

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ProPublica reviewed 12 of the nation’s strictest abortion bans.

Few changed in 2023, as state lawmakers caved to pressure from anti-abortion groups opposing exceptions for rape, incest and health risks.

https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-ban-exceptions-trigger-laws-health-risks?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Anti-abortion protesters march in front of the Supreme Court on the anniversary of the decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.

Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto via AP

Phoenix.Serenity

https://infotel.ca/newsitem/federal-tax-for-mental-health-care-a-barrier-for-many-canadians-psychotherapist/it101817

The head of a group that represents #psychotherapists & #counsellors says Ottawa's plan to lift federal taxes on those services is a good start to addressing barriers to #MentalHealth support, but many people still can't afford to pay for care that should be publicly funded.

#GovernmentOfCanada #HealthCare #FundMentalHealthCare #CDNpoli #CanPoli #PublicFundingNeeded #Canada #HealthcareCrisis #FundHealthNotWar #FundHealthNotOil #FundHealthCareAccess #FightForHealthcare

bedast :diabetes:

So the hip situation...

Doc is on board with skipping the MRI and moving on to physical therapy assuming piriformis syndrome. If no improvement, then off to orthopedics.

It's been improving through all of this, but still planning to find a covered physical therapy center.

Now to contact the imaging center and cancel that referral.

#Healthcare #USA

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#Schizophrenia
#Disability
#DisabilityRights
#MentalIllness
#MentalHealth
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#CivilLiberties
#CivilRights
#Law
#Healthcare
#Homelessness

High Bar For Hospitalizing Mentally Ill Portlanders Without Consent Leaves Those In Great Need On The Street

“L.B., who is 60 and unhoused, is unlikely to make it through the winter. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, L.B. often experiences paranoia and delusions that frighten her and make her aggressive toward the outside world. She does not use drugs or alcohol. She is often soaked in her own urine and feces and has been physically assaulted on multiple occasions. A person can be forced into care if they pose harm to themselves or others or are unable to provide for basic personal needs. But five times over the past year, Multnomah County’s state-certified civil commitment investigators, all with master’s degrees in behavioral health, said she did not meet the criteria. L.B.’s story highlights aspects of Oregon’s mental health system that can endanger lives, particularly local officials’ interpretations of the state’s civil commitment law.”

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2023/11/high-bar-for-hospitalizing-mentally-ill-portlanders-without-consent-leaves-those-in-great-need-on-the-street.html

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https://www.vox.com/policy/23972827/us-aca-enrollment-universal-health-insurance

The US doesn’t have universal health care — but these states (almost) do

“Ten states have uninsured rates below 5 percent. What are they doing right?

Universal health care remains an unrealized dream for the United States. But in some parts of the country, the dream has drawn closer to a reality in the 13 years since the Affordable Care Act passed.”

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📨 Latest issue of my curated #cybersecurity and #infosec list of resources for week #47/2023 is out! It includes the following and much more:

➝ 🔓 🇬🇧 University of Manchester #CISO Speaks Out on Summer Cyber-Attack
➝ 🔓 🇺🇸 Hacktivists breach U.S. nuclear research lab, steal employee data
➝ 🔓 👀 Sumo Logic Completes Investigation Into Recent Security #Breach
➝ 🔓 🇺🇸 Auto parts giant AutoZone warns of #MOVEit data breach
➝ 🔓 🇨🇦 Canadian government discloses data breach after contractor hacks
➝ 🇦🇫 New 'HrServ.dll' Web Shell Detected in #APT Attack Targeting Afghan Government
➝ 🇬🇧 🇰🇷 UK and South Korea: Hackers use zero-day in supply-chain attack
➝ 🇵🇸 🇮🇱 #Hamas-Linked #Cyberattacks Using Rust-Powered SysJoker #Backdoor Against #Israel
➝ 🇷🇺 😱 “They are tired of him, but they are afraid”: what is known about the leader of the hacker group Killnet
➝ 🇰🇵 N. Korean Hackers Distribute Trojanized #CyberLink Software in Supply Chain Attack
➝ ▶️ 🛒 Play #Ransomware Goes Commercial - Now Offered as a Service to Cybercriminals
➝ 🇮🇳 Indian Hack-for-Hire Group Targeted U.S., #China, and More for Over 10 Years
➝ 🇷🇺 Russian hackers use #Ngrok feature and #WinRAR exploit to attack embassies
➝ 🇺🇸 🩺 #CISA Releases Cybersecurity Guidance for #Healthcare, Public Health Organizations
➝ 🇬🇧 🙏🏻 Thanking the vulnerability research community with #NCSC Challenge Coins
➝ 🧅 #Tor Network Removes Risky Relays Associated With #Cryptocurrency Scheme
➝ 🇺🇦 👋🏻 #Ukraine fires top cybersecurity officials
➝ 🩹 Johnson Controls Patches Critical #Vulnerability in Industrial Refrigeration Products
➝ 🦠 🦀 New WailingCrab #Malware Loader Spreading via Shipping-Themed Emails
➝ 🦠 📨 New Agent Tesla Malware Variant Using ZPAQ Compression in Email Attacks
➝ 🦠 🎠 NetSupport #RAT Infections on the Rise - Targeting Government and Business Sectors
➝ 🚫 Google #Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024
➝ 🐛 ☁️ 3 Critical Vulnerabilities Expose #ownCloud Users to Data Breaches
➝ 🔓 ☁️ Researchers Discover Dangerous Exposure of Sensitive #Kubernetes Secrets
➝ 🔓 ☝🏻 New Flaws in Fingerprint Sensors Let Attackers Bypass #Windows Hello Login
➝ 🔓 🩸 ‘#CitrixBleed’ vulnerability targeted by nation-state and criminal hackers: CISA
➝ 🐡 Researchers extract RSA keys from #SSH server signing errors

📚 This week's recommended reading is: "How I Rob Banks: And Other Such Places" by FC a.k.a. Freakyclown

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Trump supporters became more likely to express dehumanizing views of Black people after his 2016 victory, study finds
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https://www.psypost.org/2023/11/trump-supporters-became-more-likely-to-express-dehumanizing-views-of-black-people-after-his-2016-victory-study-finds-214736

<p>A new study suggests that Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and subsequent victory in 2016 had a polarizing effect on the racial attitudes of white Americans, particularly in their views towards Black people. Those who viewed Trump favorably before the election were found to rate Black people as less “evolved” in the post-election survey. Conversely, those who had unfavorable views of Trump rated Black people as more evolved after the election.</p>
<p>Political campaigns, especially presidential ones, are often thought to shape public opinion. However, the extent to which they influence deeply ingrained attitudes, such as views on race, is a complex area of study. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was particularly noteworthy for its divisive and often racially charged rhetoric. This provided a unique opportunity for researchers to investigate whether and how such a campaign could impact the racial attitudes of white Americans.</p>
<p>To explore the potential influence of Trump’s presidential campaign, a team of researchers conducted a two-wave panel study involving 600 non-Hispanic white adult citizens of the United States. The study was facilitated by the survey firm YouGov in 2016. The participants, 54% of whom were female, had a mean age of 48 years and predominantly had some college education without obtaining a Bachelor’s degree.</p>
<p>The study was conducted in two phases: the first wave of surveys was carried out between October 10 and October 12, 2016, and the second wave occurred between November 14 and November 15, 2016. These dates were strategically chosen to capture the participants’ attitudes before and after the presidential election.</p>
<p>To measure the dehumanizing attitudes, participants were asked to rate, on a scale from 0 to 100, how evolved they believed Black people to be, using the “ascent of man” scale – a visual depiction showing the evolution of humans from ape-like figures to modern humans. Additionally, participants’ feelings of warmth towards Trump and Hillary Clinton were gauged using a feeling thermometer. Control variables such as party identification, education, age, and gender were also included in the survey to ensure a comprehensive analysis.</p>
<p>Initially, the researchers found no significant overall change in the dehumanizing attitudes towards Black people before and after the election. The mean rating barely fluctuated, from 82.6 before the election to 82.3 after.</p>
<p>But a deeper dive into the data showed a clear polarizing effect based on the participants’ attitudes towards Trump. Those who viewed Trump favorably before the election were found to rate Black people as less evolved post-election. In contrast, those with unfavorable views towards Trump rated Black people as more evolved post-election.</p>
<p>Specifically, at the high end of the Trump support scale, where respondents showed the warmest feelings towards Trump, there was a decrease of about 2 points in the evolutionary ratings of Black people on average from before to after the election. On the other hand, those who viewed Trump unfavorably (at the extreme low end of the Trump thermometer) showed an increase of about 4 points in the evolutionary ratings of Black people in the same period.</p>
<p>“To be clear, these effects are not enormous,” the researchers wrote, adding that the “observed changes are nonetheless meaningful. When it comes to evolutionary ratings of racial groups, even a difference that appears quantitatively small can reflect a qualitatively meaningful distinction.”</p>
<p>Interestingly, this change was not mirrored in the ratings of white people, nor was it influenced by general political partisanship – it was specifically tied to views about Trump.</p><div class="addrop-wrap" data-id="64749"><p style="text-align: center;">
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<p>These findings suggest a polarization of racial attitudes as a result of Trump’s election, with supporters tending towards more dehumanizing views of Black people and opponents showing a move in the opposite direction. The study provides evidence that political leaders, through their rhetoric and behavior, can significantly influence public attitudes on sensitive issues like race.</p>
<p>The researchers concluded that their study provides evidence “that Trump’s election had a polarizing effect on the expression of dehumanizing racial attitudes. We find that Trump supporters became, on average, more willing to report dehumanizing attitudes about Black people. At the same time, we also find that this trend was countered by the fact that Trump’s opponents became less likely to endorse dehumanizing portrayals of Black people.”</p>
<p>While the study provides valuable insights, it’s crucial to recognize its limitations and the need for further research. One of the primary limitations is the study’s reliance on self-reported measures. People’s responses in surveys can sometimes be influenced by what they think is socially acceptable, rather than their true beliefs.</p>
<p>Additionally, the study focused specifically on dehumanizing attitudes towards Black people. Future research could broaden this scope to include other racial or ethnic groups that were the subject of Trump’s campaign rhetoric, such as Muslims and Latino immigrants.</p>
<p>The study, “<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622723000710" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trickle-down racism: Trump’s effect on whites’ racist dehumanizing attitudes</a>“, was authored by Ashley Jardina and Spencer Piston.</p>
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A key driver of anxiety about #healthcare in England is a the chaotic communication(s) that confront most #patients (which I have experienced myself on many occasions while dealing with my wife's ongoing mobility issues).

We shouldn't be surprised that over-worked under-resourced staff in the grip of an #NHScrisis fail to always communicate clearly & effectively.

To sort this out, the #Tories wrecking of public health care needs to be reversed with the NHS fully funded
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/27/chaotic-communication-by-nhs-in-england-causing-treatment-delays

LM Little

#abpoli #nwtpoli #cdnpoli #healthcare #publichealth

A very good article and classic example how conspiracy-driven, anti-science, anti-democratic thinking influence public policy and are used for political purposes. It should be a wake-up call for the #NWT whose #healthcare system is tied to #Alberta and for #Canada and the millions in transfers we all invest in universal health care. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/preston-manning-fiction-real-covid-report-analysis-1.7036883

Auscandoc

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2811897?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=112523 “We now argue that patients also have the right to request and require those treating them in #HealthCare settings to wear a #mask when caring for them as a reasonable #disability accommodation, even if their facilities have ceased doing so universally.

Masking as a disability accommodation in health care settings should be recognized as part of #physicians’ ethical obligations.“

Joseph Meyer

#Alzheimers
#Autism
#Schizophrenia
#Caregiving
#Disability
#DisabilityRights
#Neurodiversity
#MentalIllness
#MentalHealth
#PublicPolicy
#CivilLiberties
#CivilRights
#Law
#Healthcare
#Homelessness
#Incarceration

On Caregiving

I recently read a toot about the burden of being a caregiver for a person with Alzheimer’s disease and can sympathize with their perspectives since I was once a caregiver for a parent with Alzheimer’s disease. My brother and I moved our parents into a retirement community when the symptoms of my father’s Alzheimer’s disease became too much for my mother to handle. My father had recently struck my sister-in-law. My mother lived in the assisted living part of the facility and my father moved into a memory care unit. My mother visited my dad almost daily. My brother and I visited him most weekends and took him out bowling or golfing. It was tiring and stressful—as working parents, my wife and I had two young children to drag along for those visits that occupied one day of most weekends. Yes, being a caregiver for a parent with Alzheimer’s was stressful for the 5-6 years the disease lasted until his death.

When we moved our father into the Alzheimer’s unit, he was too mentally incompetent to consent. My brother walked him through signing his name onto an admission form, letter by letter. Notably, no disability rights attorney or judge was there to object, to defend his civil rights. No disability rights advocates argued he would be better off homeless or imprisoned. I suspect this is how things work for most families that make the difficult choice to move an aging parent into such a place. My reason for bring up the absence of such bureaucratic impediments will be clearer a bit later in this thread.

My father lived in that memory care unit for the last 5 years of his life and my family was fortunate that he recognized us until about the last six weeks. On some days, he delusionally believed that he was back living in his childhood home with brothers and sister. On other days he was more in touch with reality. He probably would not have chosen to live the last years of his life in such a place. But he quickly got accustomed to it. When we returned from our bowling or golf outings with him, he willingly returned to his new home and waved goodbye with a smile on his face.

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

As the #NHScrisis continues, more people are seeking private #health insurance (& more firms are considering offering it), but because the number of #doctors is limited, private #healthcare sector may be about to become a victim of its own 'success';

James Daley, (MD Fairer Finance) points out: 'Either [private medical insurance] will take people away from the NHS & make matters worse there, or insurers will struggle to maintain the levels of service that people expect from a private policy'!

Bob Carver

A network of hospitals in East Texas has not been able to accept ambulances to emergency rooms since Thanksgiving Day because of a “potential [cyber]security incident."
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/24/us/east-texas-hospital-cybersecurity/index.html #cybersecurity #hospitals #healthcare #Texas

Miguel Afonso Caetano

Emeritus Prof Christopher May

#USA #Medicare #Healthcare: "Americans spend more on care, and get less, than any other country. And the reason for the dysfunctional care, is that since the passage of Obamacare, the firms who control our health care system have become far bigger, and much more powerful. The hospital sector, for instance, represent a third of health care spending. Starting in the 1980s and accelerating after the ACA, hospital systems have merged into giant monopolies, driving huge price hikes and increasingly poor quality. Private equity has come into everything from ambulances to urgent care to nursing homes. Monopolistic Group Purchasing Organizations have created shortages among hundreds of drugs, which reduce the equality of care. These are known problems, and real.

But the one area where we’ve seen the emergence of a different and fundamentally corrupt business model is the insurer space. In 2007, for instance, UnitedHealth Group, one of our biggest insurers, had total revenues of $75 billion. Last year, the firm, having expanded far beyond insurance, had annual revenue of $325 billion. CVS Health, which bought insurance giant Aetna in 2018, had a similar trajectory, with $76 billion of revenue in 2007, and $322 billion in 2022."
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/how-obamacare-created-big-medicine

I'm not entirely surprised that in polling for Healthwatch England, while 28% of those polled said they'd used private #healthcare in the past year, 14% (that's half of them) had been advised to do so by #NHS professionals.

Around a third were advised to go private as #waitinglists were long, or they'd get better quality care, while just under a quarter required treatment no longer available via the NHS.

The #Tories two-tier system is firmly established fed by the #NHScriris they engineered!

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@TruthSandwich @finally #GOP #PartyOfLincoln #Nostalgia #Conservatives #Oligarchs #Wealth #Nixon #Healthcare

René Merced :vm: 🇵🇷

https://newrepublic.com/article/176854/republican-red-states-brain-drain
#USnews #CultureWar #economics #education #employment #infrastructure #healthcare

The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now. | The New Republic

As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers—physicians, teachers, professors, and more—are packing their bags.

jj the Santa Barbarian

#Healthcare #FailWhale #Insulin

MikeDunnAuthor

#RightToWork #ubi #healthcare #solidarity #union #UnionBusting #PublicHealth #UniversalHealthcare

Right to Work?

How ‘bout the right to the necessities of life (Incl healthcare, food, leisure, vacations, paid sick &
family leave)?

Man at a computer. Reads: The ultimate goal of Right to Work" is to break unions so businesses can lower pay and benefits to workers. It has nothing to do with your right to work.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/bumble-abortion-lawsuit-texas/

"At Bumble, the women-centered dating app that calls Austin home, executives say that about one third of their 150 Texas employees have left the state entirely, opting for remote work...The reason: It’s not just hard to keep talented employees in Austin in a post-Roe world, where doctors might not perform even medically necessary abortions for fear of reprisal, it’s also hard to attract them to Texas in the first place."

#reproductivejustice #labor #healthcare #texas

Paranoid Factoid

https://archive.is/2023.11.22-230128/https://newrepublic.com/article/176854/republican-red-states-brain-drain

This *New Republic* article on brain drain from Red States has been making the rounds. But one shocking statistic I saw in there is infant mortality in one county of Mississippi at 9.39 deaths per 1000. Which is like, one in a hundred babies dying because religious kooks interfere with actual doctors doing their jobs!

archive link:

#GOP #Republicans #Mississippi #abortion #Healthcare #health #medicine #obstetrics #AmericanTheocracy #religiousextremism #USpol #politics

AI6YR

Massive strike of nurses and other hospital workers at Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, California. (via VCSTAR.com... paywall, however) #strike #healthcare #ConejoValley #health

Hundreds of nurses and other hospital workers at Los Robles Regional Medical Center on Wednesday began a five-day strike they say is driven by inadequate staffing that increases the risk of mistakes involving medication and other care.
About 300 of them lined the sidewalks in front of the Thousand Oaks hospital, blowing whistles and holding signs that said “Burnout caused this turnout” and “You won’t break my soul.” The strike continues until 7 a.m. Monday.
SEIU Local 121RN represents 800 nurses and other health care professionals at the hospital. Union leaders said nearly all of the members are honoring the strike although an exact count was not available. Hundreds of nurses at West Hills Hospital & Medical Center in Los Angeles County and Riverside Community Hospital also went on strike Wednesday.

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/anti-abortion-election-losses-statehouses-courts/

"[Anti-abortion] leaders say they’re undeterred by recent election setbacks and plan to plow ahead on what they’ve done for years, including working through state legislatures, federal agencies, and federal courts to outlaw abortion. And at least one prominent anti-abortion group is calling on conservative states to make it harder for voters to enact ballot measures, a tactic Republican lawmakers attempted in Ohio..."

Stay vigilant. 👀

#healthcare #reproductivejustice

Dorothea Zwölfer

#Youth should decide: the principle of #subsidiarity in paediatric #transgender #healthcare.

Drawing on the principle of subsidiarity, this article develops a framework for allocating medical decision-making authority in the absence of capacity to consent and argues that decisional authority in paediatric transgender healthcare should generally lie in the patient. Regardless of patients' capacity, there is usually nobody better positioned to make medical decisions that go to the heart of a patient's identity than the patients themselves. Under the principle of subsidiarity, decisional authority should only be held by a higher level decision-maker, such as parents or judges, if lower level decision-makers are incapable of satisfactorily addressing the issue even with support and the higher level decision-maker is better positioned to satisfactorily address the issue than all lower level decision-makers. Because gender uniquely pertains to personal identity and self-realisation, parents and judges are rarely better positioned to make complex medical decisions. Instead of taking away trans youth's authority over their healthcare decisions, we should focus on supporting their ability to take the best possible decision for themselves.<< https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35131805/
#queer #trans #transrightsarehumanrights #lgbtqiaally

Megan Lynch (she/her)

For many of us, our idea of what emergency situations are like has been conditioned by many movies and TV shows that show ERs, paramedics, etc. This conversation between the person (who also happens to be an MD) who had the cardiac arrest, their wife who called 911 and started CPR for 10 minutes, and one of the paramedics who responded gives a lot of nitty-gritty information about how these situations play out in the US in reality. #Healthcare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQtYoKPNsrM

Kevin Karhan :verified:

@ParanoidFactoid *nodds in agreement*

Like #healthcare isn't a #perk in #Germany but a fundamental #HumanRight and employers will get their fair share beaten out if them by courts if need be.

Paranoid Factoid

I just tried and failed to get my 8yo kid into a doctor's office. And I want to talk about that.

I live in #Vancouver, #BC. #Canada. Many in the US see this as some kind of promised land, because there's a public health system. But it doesn't work.

It CAN work. I've also lived in Strasbourg, France. And in comparison, there my kid would have seen a pediatrician within hours of a call.

This failure is a POLICY CHOICE by authorities. Not some impossible social hurdle.

#healthcare #health

Christian Meier zu Verl

https://content-select.com/de/portal/media/view/6230dcfa-50c4-48df-a863-1d0db0dd2d03

Der Sammelband "Qualitative Forschung mit Menschen mit Demenz" ist auch #openaccess erschienen:

https://content-select.com/de/portal/media/download_oa/6230dcfa-50c4-48df-a863-1d0db0dd2d03

@sociology @anthropology

#dementia #healthcare #qualitativeresearch #ethnography #videoanalysis #Interview #demenz #gesundheit #QualitativeSozialforschung #Ethnografie #Ethnographie #videoanalyse

Remember that anyone studying the effect/s of online modalities should be highlighting details about the modality, the accessibility of its UI, and what - if any - consideration and involvement there was for a diverse group of end-users in the design and selection of that online modality/system.

Too often, researchers and media want to make blanket statements about "what online is" when online is a whole heckuva lotta things and it matters what the mode is, the equipment involved, the accessibility of it in design and in practice/delivery, etc. etc. #UCAccessNow #Healthcare #Telehealth #Accessibility

#UCAccessNow #Healthcare #Telehealth #Accessibility

In this case the original article is Free Access and you should be able to read it directly: https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.18270

"Interestingly, we found no association between loneliness and telehealth use."

https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/when-isolation-increased-telehealth-use-went-down-for-older-adults-why/2023/11

Always read PR release and major media coverage of journal articles critically. Wherever possible, look at the original journal article for comparison.

One of the common problems in how "online" (or in this case "telehealth") is presented in media and even in journal articles is that it's treated as if all implementations/modes are the same. Y'all know you've used better and worse online user interfaces, for once thing. #UCAccessNow #Healthcare #Telehealth #Accessibility

Your Autistic Life

#USNews #USHealthcare #satire #Healthcare #ER

"Some of the longest emergency room wait times in Maryland can stretch almost a whole day"

OMG! There's so much wait in the healthcare systems that are socialized!

I'm so glad to be living in the land of the free to wait until you die.

Wait... 🤔

https://www.marylandmatters.org/2023/11/22/md-officials-local-commissions-and-hospitals-work-to-untangle-issues-contributing-to-long-er-wait-times/

Børge A. Roum

#unions #healthcare #WorkersRights

If you need one, single heuristic for voting – find out who's doing stuff to help unions, or doing union-like stuff, like making us all a big union and we all get healthcare and a decent wage. Look for those people, that's your vote. Every time.

—Heath Enright, in episode 213 of the podcast The Skepticrat, from @piatpod

Shannon Skinner (she/her)

#DisabilityJustice #Disability #LongCOVID #USPol #USPolitics #Healthcare #HumanRights

@luckytran
I'm thinking this graph of the massive post-2020 rise in the US civilian labor force with disabilities might be a factor.

Rising disabilities? Not if you redefine "disability," and rework the chart, right?

Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) line graph titled Civilian Labor Force With a Disbility, 16 years and over. Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The x-axis tracks from about 2009 to 2023. The y-axis scales from 4,800 to 8,800 thousands of persons. From 2009 to about 2021, the number of disabled persons stays in the range of 5,200 to 6,600. After 2021, the line rises precipitously to 8,400.

Yahia Lababidi

https://youtube.com/shorts/doV4YvKf3aI?si=eR22L-rsmz56UNmS

“Your depression is connected to your insolence
And your refusal to praise”

#depression #mentalhealth #selfcare #health #healthcare #spirituality #poetry #poetrycommunity #life #thanksgiving #writing #wisdom #WritingCommunity #motivation

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If you are voting in the #ONLP election remember Bonnie Crombie is a Conservative and if you value the #greenbelt and #healthcare, don’t vote for her. #onpoli

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHequJbW1fw #Disability #Healthcare

"What To Do if You Lose Medi-Cal Insurance Coverage

Join CalMatters in a conversation about Californians losing health insurance every month as the state resumes checking eligibility for Medi-Cal.

About 16 million people in California will be evaluated for eligibility from June 2023 to May 2024 after eligibility checks were put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some people who lost coverage are no longer eligible, such as starting a job with higher pay. Others might see their coverage lapse because of paperwork mistakes or simply missing a notice in the mail.

If Medi-Cal coverage is lost, there are steps to take to check Medi-Cal status, re-enroll if qualified, find alternate health care, and other options."

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I guess I might as well ask here - does anyone have a Medicare Part D provider they like? #OpenEnrollment #Healthcare #Medicare

@novid #COVIDIsNotOver #MaskUp #COVID19 #Holidays #Thanksgiving #Christmas #Healthcare

While making my breakfast I just heard an NPR "feel-good" story about how gathering with family for the Thanksgiving holiday will be freer from previous years' COVID constraints.

NPR interviewed a few folks about whether *or not* they would rapid-test prior to gathering, how the presence of high-risk family members would affect their plans, etc.

The overall consensus of the interviewees was a more positive outlook and a "return to normal."

NPR then mentioned that COVID cases will most likely peak next month, while failing to explicitly connect holiday gatherings to prior years' COVID surges.

NPR did not interview anyone with long COVID for the story, which could have added some valuable balance by reminding the audience of the long-term risks.

Feel-good stories such as this are designed to tell us what we want to hear but will leave a lot tragedy in their wake.

Please be careful out there, y'all. Gathering with family and friends is important, but don't give (or receive) the gift of long COVID this holiday season.

ProPublica

#Health #HealthCare #BCBS #Lawsuits #Doctors #Patients #News

#UPDATE to our story on the lawyer who fought his #insurance provider after it denied payment for his doctor-ordered cancer treatment:

A federal judge has ordered Blue Cross and Blue Shield of #Louisiana to pay the full medical bill plus interest & legal fees.

The insurer argued it should only have to pay a fraction of the $96K he'd paid for the treatment.

https://www.propublica.org/article/blue-cross-proton-therapy-cancer-lawyer-denial?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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AI6YR

The vast majority of people who take my first aid class DO NOT KNOW HOW TO WASH their hands. Heck, I didn't know. Here's the World Health Organization (WHO) video on proper handwashing technique #handwashing #hygiene #healthcare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IisgnbMfKvI

Phoenix.Serenity

https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/opinion/letter-patient-observes-collapse-of-health-care-system

#Patient observes collapse of #healthcare system.

"I finally got in for complex spinal surgery after a three-year wait. My surgery was delayed not due to the lack of a surgeon but due to a shortage of health-care staff, supplies, equipment and infrastructure. I observed this firsthand when I was in the hospital.

Staff shortages were obvious. There were several patients in the hall and the corridors seemed near impassable."

#BCpoli #BCNDP #hospitals #PublicHealth #YYJ

Paris Marx

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate-forces-elderly-out-of-rehab-nursing-homes-suit-claims/

When we warn the real threat of AI is how it’s used against people in the present, not the fantasies that some day computers might think for themselves, this is exactly the kind of thing we’re talking about: health insurers using AI to deny care.

#tech #ai #health #healthcare

UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.

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“We have always been here. We just haven’t always felt safe coming out. But there’s no turning back the clock. We’re going to win our liberation today or tomorrow.”

From March, April Ortiz comes out as a #trans middle-aged Texan living in #Uvalde. Sharing for #TransAwarenessWeek: https://www.texasobserver.org/i-am-a-trans-texan?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=audience

(CW: Descriptions of #transphobia and suicidal ideation)

#LGBTQIA+ #transgender #pride #Texas #culture #essays #rural #politics #healthcare #ComingOut

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Transphobia #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Antitrans #extremist #MartinaNavratilova just discovered #antiLGBTQ+ #laws in #Florida and boy is she furious!

The TERF is #outraged over a #bill signed by #RonDeSantis that gives #healthcare #professionals the #right to #discriminate against #LGBTQ+ #people by #citing #religious or #moral #objections

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/17/martina-navratilova-ron-desantis-florida-lgbtq/

https://www.statnews.com/2023/10/27/fda-has-some-safety-concerns-about-crispr-based-sickle-cell-treatment-documents-show/

And here's our coverage of the FDA's concerns about potential off-target edits as it considers Casgevy for US approval by Dec 8:

#crispr #health #healthcare #medicine #biotech #scd #genetics #casgevy

Here's the announcement from this morning:
https://www.statnews.com/2023/11/16/u-k-approves-worlds-first-crispr-based-medicine/
#crispr #health #healthcare #medicine #biotech #scd #genetics #casgevy

https://www.statnews.com/2023/11/16/crispr-vertex-sickle-cell-beta-thalassemia-casgevy-approval/

Today the UK approved the first CRISPR-based treatment: A gene-editing treatment for beta thalassemia and sickle cell disease

We've been reporting on CRISPR for years @STAT. Here are the answers to your questions about Casgevy:

#crispr #health #healthcare #medicine #biotech #scd #genetics #casgevy

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