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July 22, 2020

Alison Buttenheim Appointed to National Committee on the Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccines

Alison Buttenheim has been appointed to an ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to provide a framework for the equitable allocation of vaccines for the novel coronavirus.

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July 22, 2020 | New York Post

Kanye West needs help, but mental-health laws make it tough to intervene

The barriers to involuntary treatment — put in place in response to centuries of outrageous abuses done in the name of psychiatric care — are so high that most states require that the person must be an imminent threat to oneself or others to enforce treatment.

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July 21, 2020 | The New York Times

Patient, Can You Spare a Dime?

Hospitals are increasingly soliciting donations from patients, and the patients don’t much like it, a new survey finds.

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July 21, 2020 | STAT

Lower the cost of producing doctors, not just the price of going to medical school

Medicine has become a profession accessible mainly to the rich. Just look at the price tag for medical school.

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July 20, 2020 | The New York Times

Trump Says He ‘Aced’ a Cognitive Test. What Does That Really Mean?

Experts say one popular test that the president might have taken is by no means definitive, or even diagnostic.

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July 8, 2020 | Scientific American

Stereotypes Harm Black Lives and Livelihoods, but Research Suggests Ways to Improve Things

Recently, Katy Milkman, a professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, got to chat with Modupe Akinola about how stereotypes are formed, how they affect consequential decisions and how we can combat negative stereotypes.

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July 1, 2020 | STAT

An experiment in end-of-life care: Tapping AI’s cold calculus to nudge the most human of conversations

STAT spoke with 15 clinicians, researchers, developers, and experts in AI and palliative care to understand how such AI models are being deployed at Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania, and a community oncology practice near Seattle — and how they might be received by patients and providers if they’re rolled out more widely.

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June 30, 2020

David Asch Wins AcademyHealth's Distinguished Career Award

Congratulations to David Asch, MD, MBA, who has won AcademyHealth’s highest career award.

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June 26, 2020 | Healio

Medical experts express concern over latest court challenge to ACA

The Trump administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court on Thursday night to overturn the Affordable Care Act.

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June 23, 2020

National Palliative Care Research Center Awards Grant to Dr. Ravi Parikh

The National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC) has named our department’s Ravi Parikh, MD, MPP, a Kornfeld Scholars Program 2020 Grantee.

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June 23, 2020

When Autism Advocacy Is "Partial"

Who decides what’s best for those who can’t speak for themselves, the severely autistic individuals who will require upwards of $2.4 million in care over the course of a lifetime, each? Should it be parents, or should it be autistic self-advocates?

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June 23, 2020 | Ezra Klein Show

Which country has the world’s best health care system?

Ezekiel Emanuel discusses global health care, pandemic response, and presidential leadership on The Ezra Klein Show.

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June 22, 2020

Public health experts applaud Supreme Court's decision to preserve DACA

Atheendar Venkataramani: There are three reasons why the Supreme Court decision regarding DACA is a very good thing for public health.

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June 19, 2020

Social Media's "Infodemic"

Medical ethicist Dominic Sisti explains why social media is valuable for health care providers, but can also be an “ethical gray zone” for Tweet-happy doctors that could ultimately harm the profession.

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June 18, 2020

Is the American identity undergoing a transformation?

Dr. Zeke Emanuel Emanuel talk about what the US can learn from other countries when it comes to insurance companies, universal health care, and the high cost of drugs.

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June 17, 2020

Many Medical Decision Tools Disadvantage Black Patients

Unbeknown to most patients, their race is incorporated into numerous medical decision-making tools and formulas that doctors consult to decide treatment for a range of conditions and services, including heart disease, cancer and maternity care, according to a new paper published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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June 16, 2020

Which Country Has the World's Best Health Care?

Dr. Zeke Emanuel's new book, which looks at health care systems from Taiwan to Germany, Australia to Switzerland, comes out today.

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June 10, 2020

The AI Revolution: For Patients, Promise and Challenges Ahead

AI has proven its potential for interpreting images, for example diagnosing lung cancer from a CT scan, but when it comes to using AI for supporting clinical decisions, like whether this patient should have chemo or that patient should go to the hospital, there's a risk that it won't help patients or could even be harmful, Ravi Parikh noted.

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June 8, 2020

Nuremberg Code Addresses Experimentation, Not Vaccines

A bogus claim that “[v]accines are in direct violation of The Nuremberg Code” has been circulating on social media.

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June 4, 2020

Penn Medical Ethics & Health Policy Resource for Manuscript Submission

Wondering where to publish your policy paper or editorial? Use this resource.

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