Steve Warren reports that with the intention of protecting abortion rights and reproductive liberty, a Maryland bill may have gone too far in its language and basically legalized infanticide. I doubt that’s what the legislators intended with Senate Bill 669, or the “Pregnant Person’s Freedom Act of 2022.” Warren reports: Pro-life advocates warn that under this…
Category: Healthcare
Arguing the Pros and Cons of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Seen at Health IT Analytics last week: In what seems like the blink of an eye, mentions of artificial intelligence have become ubiquitous in the healthcare industry. From deep learning algorithms that can read CT scans faster than humans to natural language processing (NLP) that can comb through unstructured data in electronic health records (EHRs), the applications…
Dozens of COVID passport apps put user’s privacy at risk
Bill Toulas reports: Roughly two-thirds of test digital vaccination applications commonly used today as safe passes and travel passports exhibit behavior that may put users’ privacy at risk. The risks are substantial as these apps are required for large populations worldwide, allowing hackers an extensive target base. […] Symantec’s team looked into 40 digital vaccine…
HHS Notice and Guidance on Gender Affirming Care, Civil Rights, and Patient Privacy
March 2, 2021 HHS Notice and Guidance on Gender Affirming Care, Civil Rights, and Patient Privacy The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) stands with transgender and gender nonconforming youth and their families—and the significant majority of expert medical associations—in unequivocally stating that gender affirming care for minors, when medically appropriate and necessary, improves…