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SUMMARY:Briefing on Prison Health and Reentry
DESCRIPTION:The Alliance for Health Reform will hold a panel event on Friday\, Dec. 11 at noon in Washington\, D.C.\, to discuss adults’ physical and mental health needs as they transition out of prison. Many are low-income adults who need assistance connecting to health care coverage and care. \nPanelists from PEW Charitable Trusts\, Ohio’s Department of Medicaid and the National Urban League will focus on “reentry programs\, and the intersection of health policy and the criminal justice system\,” according to the Alliance. \nThe event\, titled “Health Care Out from Behind Bars: Meeting Prisoners’ Needs Efficiently\,” can also be followed on Twitter using the hashtag #Reentry.
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SUMMARY:Medical Tests: Inaccuracies\, Risks and the Public's Health
DESCRIPTION:Webcast: Friday\, Dec. 11\, 12:30-1:30pm ET\nSend questions in advance to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu Tweet @ForumHSPH #testsforum \nWithout question\, medical testing has saved lives and bettered patient care. But what happens when tests are inaccurate or unnecessary? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently raised alarms about a growing class of tests designed and used in single laboratories\, which are far less subject to regulatory enforcement than commercial test kits sold to multiple labs. The agency reviewed 20 case studies involving lab-developed tests (LDTs) and found evidence of patients at risk for medically unnecessary procedures\, including mastectomies\, or for potentially inappropriate therapies\, including cancer treatments. Some tests may fail to detect a condition\, while others may erroneously point to a non-existent problem. The medical costs are significant. The Obama administration is calling for a new regulatory framework as well. \nLDTs are not the only source of concern. A 2013 meta-analysis involving commonly ordered lab tests found that 30 percent\, on average\, were probably unnecessary and\, conversely\, a similar number should have been ordered and were not. \nScrutiny of lab testing is intensifying as the medical community grapples to address diagnostic errors. This year\, the Institute of Medicine issued a study\, Improving Diagnosis in Health Care\, as a continuation of an earlier series of patient safety reports. Pointing to many factors in diagnostic errors\, the recent report states that “most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime\, sometimes with devastating consequences.” \nThis Forum will examine the role of medical tests in health care\, looking both at their considerable benefits and risks and asking how to ensure their accuracy\, safety and reliability. \nModerator: Sharon Begley\, Senior Science Writer\, STAT \nExpert Participants: \n\n\nAaron Kesselheim\, Director\, Program on Regulation\, Therapeutics\, and Law\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital \n\n\nLucian Leape\, Chair\, Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation\, and Adjunct Professor of Health Policy\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health \n\n\nAlberto Gutierrez\, Director\, Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health\, Center of Devices and Radiological Health\, Food and Drug Administration \n\n\nRamy Arnaout\, Associate Director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratories at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center \n\n\nPresented in Collaboration with Stat \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/medical-tests-inaccuracies-risks-and-the-publics-health/
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