New this week
The New York Times
They Were Entitled to Free Care. Hospitals Hounded Them to Pay.
The New York Times
~16 min read · Sep 24th · With the help of a consulting firm, the Providence hospital system trained staff to wring money out of patients, even those eligible for free care. · Shared by 75, including Christina Farr, Megan Ranney MD MPH 🌻, Cory Doctorow, Dan Gillmor, Jarrett Walker, Esther C, MD MPH, Brian Morrissey, Owen Zidar, Paul Kedrosky, Carrie Brown, Virginia Hughes
Healthcare IT News
Using AI and behavioral science to improve hospital operations
Healthcare IT News
10 min read · Sep 21st · Technology can nudge everyone from support staff to surgeons to make decisions that ultimately boost outcomes and enhance the bottom line, one AI health IT expert explains. · Shared by 62
SAPIENS
Does “Monkeypox” Give Monkeys a Bad Name?
SAPIENS
5 min read · Sep 21st · The debate over naming "monkeypox" says a lot about the close—but fraught—relationships between humans and our fellow primates. · Shared by 64
Phys.org
Using artificial intelligence to improve tuberculosis treatments
Phys.org
2 min read · Sep 14th · Imagine you have 20 new compounds that have shown some effectiveness in treating a disease like tuberculosis (TB), which affects 10 million people worldwide and kills 1.5 million each year. For… · Shared by 66
Nautilus Magazine
Targeting Cancer’s Achilles Heel
Nautilus Magazine
8 min read · Sep 13th · Biden’s Cancer Moonshot aims to cut annual deaths in half. Scientists have the goal in their sights. · Shared by 68
STAT
Can blockchain solve health care’s security problems? The financial industry offers a valuable case study
STAT
6 min read · Sep 22nd · Not long ago, blockchain technology captured the imagination — and the wallets — of financial services firms. Now it's health care's turn. · Shared by 8, including Katie Palmer
Aeon+Psyche
Virtual medicine and the ethics of presence and absence
Aeon+Psyche
~19 min read · Sep 19th · For over a century telemedicine has promised healthcare for all. But will it ever replace seeing a human being in person? · Shared by 80, including 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Anita Leirfall, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
Smithsonian Magazine
The Past, Present and Future of Robotic Surgery
Smithsonian Magazine
6 min read · Sep 15th · After decades of merely assisting doctors, are sophisticated machines ready to take charge? · Shared by 79, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Berci Meskó, MD, PhD, John Hagel
Kaiser Health News
Many Preventive Medical Services Cost Patients Nothing. Will a Texas Court Decision Change That?
Kaiser Health News
5 min read · Sep 9th · A federal judge in Texas issued a decision this week that affects the Affordable Care Act. It says one way that preventive services are selected for no-cost coverage is unconstitutional. · Shared by 75
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The Guardian
‘We had such trust, we feel such fools’: how shocking hospital mistakes led to our daughter’s death
The Guardian
20+ min read · Sep 3rd · When our 13-year-old was admitted last summer, our faith in doctors turned out to be fatal. This is what I wish I’d known · Shared by 172, including Charles Arthur, Neuropsychology, Stasi, Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola
BBC News (World)
Four health-conscious cities putting pedestrians first
BBC News (World)
7 min read · Sep 15th · Inspired by Covid-19's long lockdowns and safety concerns, cities are implementing pedestrian-friendly initiatives and pushing for more car-free spaces. · Shared by 111, including teresa bücker
Aeon+Psyche
Virtual medicine and the ethics of presence and absence
Aeon+Psyche
~19 min read · Sep 19th · For over a century telemedicine has promised healthcare for all. But will it ever replace seeing a human being in person? · Shared by 80, including 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Anita Leirfall, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
Smithsonian Magazine
The Past, Present and Future of Robotic Surgery
Smithsonian Magazine
6 min read · Sep 15th · After decades of merely assisting doctors, are sophisticated machines ready to take charge? · Shared by 79, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Berci Meskó, MD, PhD, John Hagel
The New York Times
They Were Entitled to Free Care. Hospitals Hounded Them to Pay.
The New York Times
~16 min read · Sep 24th · With the help of a consulting firm, the Providence hospital system trained staff to wring money out of patients, even those eligible for free care. · Shared by 75, including Christina Farr, Megan Ranney MD MPH 🌻, Cory Doctorow, Dan Gillmor, Jarrett Walker, Esther C, MD MPH, Brian Morrissey, Owen Zidar, Paul Kedrosky, Carrie Brown, Virginia Hughes
Kaiser Health News
Many Preventive Medical Services Cost Patients Nothing. Will a Texas Court Decision Change That?
Kaiser Health News
5 min read · Sep 9th · A federal judge in Texas issued a decision this week that affects the Affordable Care Act. It says one way that preventive services are selected for no-cost coverage is unconstitutional. · Shared by 75
Nautilus Magazine
Targeting Cancer’s Achilles Heel
Nautilus Magazine
8 min read · Sep 13th · Biden’s Cancer Moonshot aims to cut annual deaths in half. Scientists have the goal in their sights. · Shared by 68
Phys.org
Using artificial intelligence to improve tuberculosis treatments
Phys.org
2 min read · Sep 14th · Imagine you have 20 new compounds that have shown some effectiveness in treating a disease like tuberculosis (TB), which affects 10 million people worldwide and kills 1.5 million each year. For… · Shared by 66
SAPIENS
Does “Monkeypox” Give Monkeys a Bad Name?
SAPIENS
5 min read · Sep 21st · The debate over naming "monkeypox" says a lot about the close—but fraught—relationships between humans and our fellow primates. · Shared by 64
Healthcare IT News
Using AI and behavioral science to improve hospital operations
Healthcare IT News
10 min read · Sep 21st · Technology can nudge everyone from support staff to surgeons to make decisions that ultimately boost outcomes and enhance the bottom line, one AI health IT expert explains. · Shared by 62
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Undark Magazine
It Took 35 years to Get a Malaria Vaccine. Why?
Undark Magazine
8 min read · May 25th · The parasite’s complex biology played a role in the delay, but experts say there was also a lack of urgency and funding. · Shared by 1065, including Deborah Blum, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Dr. Saskia Popescu, Tactical Tech
The Washington Post
Young and middle-aged people, barely sick with covid-19, are dying from strokes
The Washington Post
6 min read · From 2020 · Doctors sound alarm about patients in their 30s and 40s left debilitated or dead by strokes. Some didn’t even know they were infected by coronavirus. · Shared by 624, including Brent Toderian, Dr. Alec Couros, Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD, Prof Michael E. Mann, Eric Topol, Kara Swisher, Virginia Hughes, Katie Benner, Matthew Herper, Max Fisher, Jeffrey Flier, Gregg Caruso, Deborah Blum, J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்), Maia Szalavitz, Jeff Jarvis, Amesh Adalja, Rick King, DHH, Rick Klau
The BMJ
How we classify countries and people— and why it matters
The BMJ
Jun 24th · The practice and vocabulary of global health
and global development today have their
origins in racism and colonialism, which
has created a false hierarchy among nations,
ascribed a higher value to some lives, and
allowed some groups to extract, exploit and
subjugate others. · Shared by 587
nature
What humanity should eat to stay healthy and save the planet
nature
9 min read · 2021-12-02 · What we eat needs to be nutritious and sustainable. Researchers are trying to figure out what that looks like around the world. · Shared by 393, including Carla Gentry, Gerd Leonhard, Tom Raftery 🇮🇪🇪🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦💉💉💉, Roger Highfield, 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙯 💡, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Matthias Lampe
ProPublica
How Polio Crept Back Into the U.S.
ProPublica
7 min read · Jul 26th · U.S. public health agencies generally don’t test wastewater for signs of polio. That may have given the virus time to circulate silently before it paralyzed a New York man. · Shared by 375, including Ken Schwencke
The Atlantic
‘I Think I’m Done’
The Atlantic
~13 min read · 2021-11-16 · About one in five health-care workers has left medicine since the pandemic started. This is their story—and the story of those left behind. · Shared by 361, including Carlos del Rio, Amesh Adalja, Craig Spencer MD MPH, Tsion Firew, MD, MPH, William Gibson, Helen Branswell 🇺🇦, Gerd Leonhard, Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Martin Fowler, Megan Ranney MD MPH 🌻, Daniel Kraft, MD, Timothy Lomauro, Scott Santens, Philanthropy News Digest, taking suggestions for halloween names, Bob Wachter, Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦, Virginia Hughes, Ed Yong
The Atlantic
Hygiene Theater Is a Huge Waste of Time
The Atlantic
8 min read · From 2020 · Companies are power scrubbing their way to a false sense of security. · Shared by 341, including Marc Lipsitch, Ed Yong, Nathan Tankus, Rachel Thomas, Matt Brennan, Jane, Maia Szalavitz, Mathew Ingram, Christian Fahrenbach, Stever Robbins, Scott McLeod, Pamela J. Hobart, Jake Wojtowicz, Taylor Lorenz, Mark Hogan, Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis, Timothy Caulfield, Guy Kawasaki, Brian Resnick, Klaus Eck
The Atlantic
We’re Already Barreling Toward the Next Pandemic
The Atlantic
~18 min read · 2021-09-29 · This one is far from over, but the window to prepare for future threats is closing fast. · Shared by 319, including Anne Helen Petersen, Mathew Ingram, Prof. Akiko Iwasaki, Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, Merkstatt, Ed Yong, Megan Ranney MD MPH 🌻, Rick Powell, Dr. Tom Frieden, Carly, Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦, Abraar Karan, Carrie Brown, David Wallace-Wells, Tom Connor, Ben Fry
BBC Future
How AI is helping people with therapy
BBC Future
1 min read · 2021-12-15 · Mental health services around the world are chronically under resourced – but there are hopes that artificial intelligence might offer a solution. · Shared by 316, including Xavier Trabado Farré, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem, Katja Evertz, Nicolas Babin, AI, Dr. Sally Eaves #InnoTrans2022 #GTC22, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
