Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #healthcareethics, aggregated by home.social.
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#PatientPrivacy #HealthcareEthics #HealthEquity #BanishCancer
https://www.europesays.com/uk/876590/ Video: Young doctor quits on first day, alleges patients were kept in ICU unnecessarily for profit: ‘Keep them for…’ #Health #Healthcare #HealthcareEthics #HospitalPatientAdmissionPolicies #ICUAdmissionControversies #MedicalEthics #PatientCareVsProfit #PrivateHospitalCorruption #UK #UnethicalPracticesInHealthcare #UnitedKingdom #ViralVideoDoctorResignation #YoungDoctorResigns
Video: Young doctor quits on first day, alleges patients were kept in ICU unnecessarily for profit: ‘Keep them for…’
A young doctor’s first day at a private hospital turned into a story that …
#NewsBeep #News #Healthcare #CA #Canada #Health #healthcareethics #hospitalpatientadmissionpolicies #ICUadmissioncontroversies #medicalethics #patientcarevsprofit #privatehospitalcorruption #unethicalpracticesinhealthcare #viralvideodoctorresignation #youngdoctorresigns
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Video: Young doctor quits on first day, alleges patients were kept in ICU unnecessarily for profit: ‘Keep them for…’
A young doctor’s first day at a private hospital turned…
#NewsBeep #News #Healthcare #Health #healthcare #healthcareethics #hospitalpatientadmissionpolicies #ICUadmissioncontroversies #medicalethics #patientcarevsprofit #privatehospitalcorruption #UK #unethicalpracticesinhealthcare #UnitedKingdom #viralvideodoctorresignation #youngdoctorresigns
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/516370/
Video: Young doctor quits on first day, alleges patients were kept in ICU unnecessarily for profit: ‘Keep them for…’
A young doctor’s first day at a private …
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Healthcare #Health #healthcareethics #hospitalpatientadmissionpolicies #ICUadmissioncontroversies #medicalethics #patientcarevsprofit #privatehospitalcorruption #unethicalpracticesinhealthcare #viralvideodoctorresignation #youngdoctorresigns
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/423201/ Video: Young doctor quits on first day, alleges patients were kept in ICU unnecessarily for profit: ‘Keep them for…’ #Éire #Health #HealthCare #Healthcare #HealthcareEthics #HospitalPatientAdmissionPolicies #ICUAdmissionControversies #IE #Ireland #MedicalEthics #PatientCareVsProfit #PrivateHospitalCorruption #UnethicalPracticesInHealthcare #ViralVideoDoctorResignation #YoungDoctorResigns
A vial of nusinersen sodium.
Label says: 2–8°C. Never freeze.
A freezer erased its efficacy—silently.
Injected anyway, into a one-year-old with SMA.
At DengYueMed, we see it too often: science doesn’t fail in labs, but in the last mile. Cold chains matter. Details decide hope.
#PatientSafety #RareDisease #ColdChain #HealthcareEthics #DengYueMed
End‑of‑life decisions in cancer care are guided by four core ethical principles — here’s what they mean for patients.
Autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice shape how care teams support patients and families during difficult moments. This guide explains these principles simply and shows how they influence real‑world decisions.
Read more : https://blog.banishcancer.org/end-of-life-decisions-ethical-considerations-explained-simply/
#EndOfLifeCare #CancerCare #Oncology #PalliativeCare #HealthcareEthics #BanishCancer
🚫Oh, look! Goldman Sachs is pondering if curing diseases is just too *profitable* for capitalism's taste. 🤑 Unfortunately, the depth of this groundbreaking revelation remains locked behind a 403 barrier. 🙈🔒
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/goldman-asks-is-curing-patients-a-sustainable-business-model.html #GoldmanSachs #CuringDiseases #Capitalism #Profitability #HealthcareEthics #403Error #HackerNews #ngated
⚠️ Healthcare risk: Are we automating ethics out of critical medical decisions? 🧬🤖
A warning that rapid AI adoption in healthcare — especially for automating claims and approvals — creates ethical blind spots:
🔹 Algorithms boost short-term profits by automating denials
🔹 Vulnerable populations suffer disproportionate harm
🔹 Patients are left confused by opaque, automated decisions
🔹 Legal compliance ≠ ethical care
The ethical imperative for healthcare leaders:
🧠 Increase clinician oversight on automated decisions
📖 Ensure transparency — patients deserve to know how decisions are made
🔍 Audit for bias and assess real-world impact, not just efficiency gains
🛡️ Technology can improve healthcare — but only if human dignity stays at the center.
#HealthcareEthics #AI #AutomationRisk #PatientCare #DigitalHealth
Content Warning: Discussion about cancer and industry practices.
The industry surrounding cancer care raises ethical questions, as highlighted by Cody Venzke. While advancements in treatment are crucial, it's important to consider the profit motives that can sometimes overshadow patient welfare. How do we ensure that patient care remains the top priority? #CancerAwareness #HealthcareEthics #PatientFirst
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/podcast/2024/10/this-industry-profits-from-knowing-you-have-cancer-explains-cody-venzke-lock-and-code-s05e22
The changing role of hospitals in modern healthcare: from charity to medical bankruptcy
#Hospitals #MedicalBankruptcy #HealthcareEthics #NonProfitOrganizations #PublicHealth
Brian Elliott is an internal medicine chief resident and author of White Coat Ways: A History of Medical Traditions and Their Battle With Progress
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1 Sales
Open spare parts manufacturing specs
2 Support
Open firmware, apps, cloud, dev, test, repair sources
3 Business
Open protocols, fab specs, patents
#Obsolete #Unsupported #Bionics
https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete
#HumanCost
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-022-03810-5/index.html
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#BMI
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#neuroTech
#neuroStimulation
#brainImplant
#neuroscience
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While not hot off the presses, this is yet another example of the complete and utter ineptness of the Ontario CONservative government. Millions of dollars paid to a consulting firm for a covid response plan!? People died. People developed long covid. 😡
So, the CMO is "sitting along side the driver in a moving vehicle", great!
Now there's an important position of medical responsibility!
#onpoli
#healthcareethics
#FordfailedOntario
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/who-calls-the-shots-in-ontario-s-covid-19-response-premier-insists-top-doctor-is-riding-shotgun-1.5816708