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Health information technology
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One journalist explores concerns surrounding teletherapy for psychedelic mental health treatment
Shayla Love, a senior staff writer at Motherboard (the tech arm of Vice.com), has written several articles about psychedelic drugs used as mental…
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Understanding the FDA’s views on use of digital health technologies in clinical trials
In December 2021, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released draft guidance for industry and investigators about best practices for acquiring data…
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Journalist explores health inequities in medical photography
Medical photographs are crucial to documenting disease in textbooks, journals and training medical students. But if inaccurate, physicians won’t get…
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Upcoming webinar to showcase 2022 health tech forecast
Since taking over the health IT core topic for AHCJ last spring, I’ve spent a lot of time reading about…
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Mental health topics to explore in 2022
Almost two years of pandemic lockdowns, re-openings, retreats from re-opening, and coronavirus variants — and another COVID-19 winter upon us…
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Video games evaluated as possible treatment for COVID ‘brain fog’, other conditions
Digital tech company Akili Interactive’s recent collaboration with two academic medical centers to evaluate a video game developed for children…
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How to cover virtual reality applications in health care
Image courtesy of Douglas Holt, M.D. Physicians use various strategies to explain tests or new procedures to patients. Beyond verbal…
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Companies and health care institutions nationwide are prioritizing digital health equity efforts
Can digital tools help make health care more accessible and affordable for everyone? This concept, known as digital health equity,…
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Becerra needs to open up to the press
AHCJ is calling on Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to make himself available for questioning by reporters. In…
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Informatics group develops more gender-inclusive model for medical records documentation
A group of health informaticists has created a model for electronic health records documentation and sharing that more fully incorporates…