Mental Illness stigma is as old as history. Clinical depression is seen as laziness / just sadness, anxiety as weakness, ADHD & OCD as fake, bipolar disorder & schizophrenia as crazy. In a time where people fake mental disorders for TikTok views & believe depression isn’t real, I try to find out where this stigma […]
Prof Habib Naqvi, chief executive of the NHS Race and Health Observatory, welcomed the findings, saying access to better health should not be determined by ethnicity nor by the colour of your skin, and medical devices needed to be fit-for-purpose for all communities. Source link
The World Health Organization says it’s “enthusiastic” about using new artificial technologies in health care, but called for caution and raised concerns about bias and misinformation seeping into the tools. “While WHO is enthusiastic about the appropriate use of technologies, including LLMs, to support health-care professionals, patients, researchers and scientists, there is concern that caution […]
© 2021 Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Multiple factors are allowing for care to be delivered in the home, but not enough attention has thus far been paid to patient and worker safety when it comes to home care. In this video, Chief Clinical and Safety Officer Tejal Gandhi provides an overview the IHI report, No […]
A review into whether medical devices are equally effective regardless of the patient’s ethnicity has been ordered by Health Secretary Sajid Javid. Research suggests oximeters, which are clipped to a person’s finger, can overstate the level of oxygen in the blood of people from ethnic minorities. Ministers want to know whether bias could have prevented […]
The health secretary responds to research suggesting oximeters work less well for darker-skinned people. Source link
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Are your political views based on facts or your morals? What makes a libertarian tick? Peter Ditto explains how #morals shape our worldview. Subscribe! source
In recent years, there’s been a veritable explosion in the number and type of health monitoring devices available in smartphones and fitness apps. Your smartphone is likely tracking the number of steps you take, how far and fast you walk, and how many flights of stairs you climb each day. Some phones log sleep, heart […]