Jordan Smith report: The morning after President Joe Biden was inaugurated, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals convened to consider whether Texas should be allowed to ban the safest and most common method of abortion used later in pregnancy. If the court agrees with Texas, it would be endorsing a previability abortion ban in…
Category: Healthcare
New tool makes it possible to do research on patient records without seeing sensitive information – researchers
This appears to be a sponsored article written by Oddny Johnsen of the Norwegian centre for E-health research. It appeared on Sciencenorway.no. A new IT tool will make it easier to carry out quality assurance throughout the health service. “We can now easily extract information and statistics from electronic health records (EHR) to conduct research…
Tackling mental health via app
Bryan Walsh writes: A tech startup is helping providers monitor their patients’ moods and mental health status through a remote app. Why it matters: Mental health is an unaddressed crisis in the U.S., and it’s only gotten worse during COVID-19. NeuroFlow can help users track their own mental health while making it easier for health care…
Evaluating the Privacy of Covid-19 At-Home Tests
Kaylana Mueller-Hsia discuss home tests for COVID-19 and their privacy protections — or lack thereof: Like so much else about the Covid-19 response, how well test providers handle the sensitive health data of their customers will impact Americans’ trust in this tool and thus its usefulness. Federal law does play a role through the Health…