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  1. A rare case of bush-cricket biting shows how immobility can change a patient’s environmental risk—and why unexplained wounds require careful investigation.

    #PatientSafety #MedicalMystery #ClinicalReasoning #Telehealth #MedicalEducation

  2. A rare case of bush-cricket biting shows how immobility can change a patient’s environmental risk—and why unexplained wounds require careful investigation.

    #PatientSafety #MedicalMystery #ClinicalReasoning #Telehealth #MedicalEducation

  3. A mysterious series of nighttime wounds turned out to have an unexpected cause: a bush cricket. Rare cases like this show why careful observation and a broad differential diagnosis matter.

    #MedicalMystery #PatientSafety #ClinicalReasoning #Telehealth #MedicalEducation

  4. A mysterious series of nighttime wounds turned out to have an unexpected cause: a bush cricket. Rare cases like this show why careful observation and a broad differential diagnosis matter.

    #MedicalMystery #PatientSafety #ClinicalReasoning #Telehealth #MedicalEducation

  5. DATE: September 8, 2026 at 06:00PM
    SOURCE: Association of Health Care Journalists: MENTAL HEALTH

    TITLE: These new resources can help you vet digital mental health tools

    URL: healthjournalism.org/blog/2026

    If you’re a journalist covering mental health, you’re bound to come across some new digital tool claiming to combat anxiety or encourage healthier self-talk. But reporting on them — whether as a news article about a buzzy new product or in a roundup of resources in a service piece — can be tricky.

    As I wrote for an article in the American Psychological Association’s Monitor on Psychology magazine, studies suggest there are tens of thousands of mental health apps on the market, and their safety and efficacy range widely. A few apps have undergone randomized controlled trials and have received FDA authorization. Others make bold claims and can compromise patient safety and privacy. Some may pose relatively low risk, but they also aren’t a substitute for traditional mental health care.

    How are consumers, mental health professionals and journalists supposed to keep up with the good, bad and in-between? One way is through two relatively new programs from professional psychological and psychiatric organizations. Here’s an overview:

    The American Psychological Association’s Digital Badge Program 

    This system provides “independent, evidence-based evaluations of digital mental and behavioral health technologies,” the APA said.  “Each evaluation is grounded in evidence, clinical insight, regulatory alignment, and user safety.” To search for various tools and see how they stack up, explore the program’s Digital Badge Solutions Library. 

    The American Psychiatric Association’s App Advisor

    This is a series of questions you can go through when trying to decide whether an app is an appropriate choice for a certain person or situation. The goal, the APA  says, is “to provide a hierarchical rating system with content-specific questions that guide a thoughtful approach to app selection.” 

    This process aims to help people “understand the key information that should be considered when choosing an app, and how this differs from selecting traditional therapeutic interventions.”

    Media contacts

    Journalists interested in learning more about either program or speaking with an expert in digital mental health can contact the organizations’ media departments:

    •American Psychological Association: [email protected]

    •

    •American Psychiatric Association: Erin Connors, [email protected]

    •

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    URL: healthjournalism.org/blog/2026

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    #psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #DigitalMentalHealthTools #MentalHealthApps #AppEvaluation #DigitalBadgeProgram #APA #AppAdvisor #MentalHealthTech #EvidenceBasedTech #PatientSafety #DigitalHealthNews

  6. DATE: September 8, 2026 at 06:00PM
    SOURCE: Association of Health Care Journalists: MENTAL HEALTH

    TITLE: These new resources can help you vet digital mental health tools

    URL: healthjournalism.org/blog/2026

    If you’re a journalist covering mental health, you’re bound to come across some new digital tool claiming to combat anxiety or encourage healthier self-talk. But reporting on them — whether as a news article about a buzzy new product or in a roundup of resources in a service piece — can be tricky.

    As I wrote for an article in the American Psychological Association’s Monitor on Psychology magazine, studies suggest there are tens of thousands of mental health apps on the market, and their safety and efficacy range widely. A few apps have undergone randomized controlled trials and have received FDA authorization. Others make bold claims and can compromise patient safety and privacy. Some may pose relatively low risk, but they also aren’t a substitute for traditional mental health care.

    How are consumers, mental health professionals and journalists supposed to keep up with the good, bad and in-between? One way is through two relatively new programs from professional psychological and psychiatric organizations. Here’s an overview:

    The American Psychological Association’s Digital Badge Program 

    This system provides “independent, evidence-based evaluations of digital mental and behavioral health technologies,” the APA said.  “Each evaluation is grounded in evidence, clinical insight, regulatory alignment, and user safety.” To search for various tools and see how they stack up, explore the program’s Digital Badge Solutions Library. 

    The American Psychiatric Association’s App Advisor

    This is a series of questions you can go through when trying to decide whether an app is an appropriate choice for a certain person or situation. The goal, the APA  says, is “to provide a hierarchical rating system with content-specific questions that guide a thoughtful approach to app selection.” 

    This process aims to help people “understand the key information that should be considered when choosing an app, and how this differs from selecting traditional therapeutic interventions.”

    Media contacts

    Journalists interested in learning more about either program or speaking with an expert in digital mental health can contact the organizations’ media departments:

    •American Psychological Association: [email protected]

    •

    •American Psychiatric Association: Erin Connors, [email protected]

    •

    The post These new resources can help you vet digital mental health tools appeared first on Association of Health Care Journalists.

    URL: healthjournalism.org/blog/2026

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    This robot is NOT affiliated with Association of Health Care Journalists and merely rebroadcasts from their site. Responses posted here are not monitored.

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    #psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #DigitalMentalHealthTools #MentalHealthApps #AppEvaluation #DigitalBadgeProgram #APA #AppAdvisor #MentalHealthTech #EvidenceBasedTech #PatientSafety #DigitalHealthNews

  7. DATE: September 8, 2026 at 06:00PM
    SOURCE: Association of Health Care Journalists: MENTAL HEALTH

    TITLE: These new resources can help you vet digital mental health tools

    URL: healthjournalism.org/blog/2026

    If you’re a journalist covering mental health, you’re bound to come across some new digital tool claiming to combat anxiety or encourage healthier self-talk. But reporting on them — whether as a news article about a buzzy new product or in a roundup of resources in a service piece — can be tricky.

    As I wrote for an article in the American Psychological Association’s Monitor on Psychology magazine, studies suggest there are tens of thousands of mental health apps on the market, and their safety and efficacy range widely. A few apps have undergone randomized controlled trials and have received FDA authorization. Others make bold claims and can compromise patient safety and privacy. Some may pose relatively low risk, but they also aren’t a substitute for traditional mental health care.

    How are consumers, mental health professionals and journalists supposed to keep up with the good, bad and in-between? One way is through two relatively new programs from professional psychological and psychiatric organizations. Here’s an overview:

    The American Psychological Association’s Digital Badge Program 

    This system provides “independent, evidence-based evaluations of digital mental and behavioral health technologies,” the APA said.  “Each evaluation is grounded in evidence, clinical insight, regulatory alignment, and user safety.” To search for various tools and see how they stack up, explore the program’s Digital Badge Solutions Library. 

    The American Psychiatric Association’s App Advisor

    This is a series of questions you can go through when trying to decide whether an app is an appropriate choice for a certain person or situation. The goal, the APA  says, is “to provide a hierarchical rating system with content-specific questions that guide a thoughtful approach to app selection.” 

    This process aims to help people “understand the key information that should be considered when choosing an app, and how this differs from selecting traditional therapeutic interventions.”

    Media contacts

    Journalists interested in learning more about either program or speaking with an expert in digital mental health can contact the organizations’ media departments:

    •American Psychological Association: [email protected]

    •

    •American Psychiatric Association: Erin Connors, [email protected]

    •

    The post These new resources can help you vet digital mental health tools appeared first on Association of Health Care Journalists.

    URL: healthjournalism.org/blog/2026

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    Learn more at healthjournalism.org/topic/men .

    This robot is NOT affiliated with Association of Health Care Journalists and merely rebroadcasts from their site. Responses posted here are not monitored.

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    Unofficial Psychology Today Xitter to toot feed at Psych Today Unofficial Bot @PTUnofficialBot

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    #psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #DigitalMentalHealthTools #MentalHealthApps #AppEvaluation #DigitalBadgeProgram #APA #AppAdvisor #MentalHealthTech #EvidenceBasedTech #PatientSafety #DigitalHealthNews

  8. DATE: September 8, 2026 at 06:00PM
    SOURCE: Association of Health Care Journalists: MENTAL HEALTH

    TITLE: These new resources can help you vet digital mental health tools

    URL: healthjournalism.org/blog/2026

    If you’re a journalist covering mental health, you’re bound to come across some new digital tool claiming to combat anxiety or encourage healthier self-talk. But reporting on them — whether as a news article about a buzzy new product or in a roundup of resources in a service piece — can be tricky.

    As I wrote for an article in the American Psychological Association’s Monitor on Psychology magazine, studies suggest there are tens of thousands of mental health apps on the market, and their safety and efficacy range widely. A few apps have undergone randomized controlled trials and have received FDA authorization. Others make bold claims and can compromise patient safety and privacy. Some may pose relatively low risk, but they also aren’t a substitute for traditional mental health care.

    How are consumers, mental health professionals and journalists supposed to keep up with the good, bad and in-between? One way is through two relatively new programs from professional psychological and psychiatric organizations. Here’s an overview:

    The American Psychological Association’s Digital Badge Program 

    This system provides “independent, evidence-based evaluations of digital mental and behavioral health technologies,” the APA said.  “Each evaluation is grounded in evidence, clinical insight, regulatory alignment, and user safety.” To search for various tools and see how they stack up, explore the program’s Digital Badge Solutions Library. 

    The American Psychiatric Association’s App Advisor

    This is a series of questions you can go through when trying to decide whether an app is an appropriate choice for a certain person or situation. The goal, the APA  says, is “to provide a hierarchical rating system with content-specific questions that guide a thoughtful approach to app selection.” 

    This process aims to help people “understand the key information that should be considered when choosing an app, and how this differs from selecting traditional therapeutic interventions.”

    Media contacts

    Journalists interested in learning more about either program or speaking with an expert in digital mental health can contact the organizations’ media departments:

    •American Psychological Association: [email protected]

    •

    •American Psychiatric Association: Erin Connors, [email protected]

    •

    The post These new resources can help you vet digital mental health tools appeared first on Association of Health Care Journalists.

    URL: healthjournalism.org/blog/2026

    -------------------------------------------------

    Learn more at healthjournalism.org/topic/men .

    This robot is NOT affiliated with Association of Health Care Journalists and merely rebroadcasts from their site. Responses posted here are not monitored.

    -------------------------------------------------

    Unofficial Psychology Today Xitter to toot feed at Psych Today Unofficial Bot @PTUnofficialBot

    -------------------------------------------------

    #psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #DigitalMentalHealthTools #MentalHealthApps #AppEvaluation #DigitalBadgeProgram #APA #AppAdvisor #MentalHealthTech #EvidenceBasedTech #PatientSafety #DigitalHealthNews

  9. Beyond Litigation: What Malaysia Can Learn From A UK Patient Safety Group

    KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 — Patients who believe they were harmed by medical treatment need an independent place…
    #EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #UK #medicalharm #patientrights #patientsafety #UnitedKingdom
    europesays.com/britain/119697/

  10. Beyond Litigation: What Malaysia Can Learn From A UK Patient Safety Group

    KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 — Patients who believe they were harmed by medical treatment need an independent place…
    #UnitedKingdom #UK #Europe #EU #GreatBritain #medicalharm #Patientrights #patientsafety
    europesays.com/3239209/

  11. Equitable care access challenges.
    🧩 England's plans risk patient safety.
    🧩 UK blood product cover-up affects thousands.
    #Healthcare #PatientSafety #Equity tnyp.me/KRQEmJRy/m

  12. Equitable care access challenges.
    🧩 England's plans risk patient safety.
    🧩 UK blood product cover-up affects thousands.
    #Healthcare #PatientSafety #Equity tnyp.me/KRQEmJRy/m

  13. Equitable care access challenges.
    🧩 England's plans risk patient safety.
    🧩 UK blood product cover-up affects thousands.
    #Healthcare #PatientSafety #Equity tnyp.me/KRQEmJRy/m

  14. Equitable care access challenges.
    🧩 England's plans risk patient safety.
    🧩 UK blood product cover-up affects thousands.
    #Healthcare #PatientSafety #Equity tnyp.me/KRQEmJRy/m

  15. Equitable access to care is lacking.

    ⚕️ Screening oversight removal risks patient safety in England.
    🔬 NHS and govt concealed infected blood product truth for decades.

    DOI: tnyp.me/KRQEmJRy/m #Healthcare #UK #PatientSafety

  16. Equitable access to care is lacking.

    ⚕️ Screening oversight removal risks patient safety in England.
    🔬 NHS and govt concealed infected blood product truth for decades.

    DOI: tnyp.me/KRQEmJRy/m #Healthcare #UK #PatientSafety

  17. Equitable access to care is lacking.

    ⚕️ Screening oversight removal risks patient safety in England.
    🔬 NHS and govt concealed infected blood product truth for decades.

    DOI: tnyp.me/KRQEmJRy/m #Healthcare #UK #PatientSafety

  18. Healthcare Breaches Surge, Raising Patient Safety Concerns

    Healthcare breaches are skyrocketing, sparking urgent concerns about patient safety and data protection, with a recent string of incidents exposing millions to potential harm. In just one alarming example, Aesto Health's December 2025 breach went undetected for five months, ultimately affecting 9.5 million people and…

    osintsights.com/healthcare-bre

    #HealthcareBreaches #PatientSafety #DataPrivacy #EmergingThreats #HealthcareSector

  19. Are Non-Lexical Sounds in Clinical Conversations Disruptive to ASR?

    🗣 NLCS were 2.4% of 135,647 words analyzed.
    🧐 ASR WER for NLCS: 40.8% (Google), 57.2% (Amazon).
    ⛔️ Poor in recognizing clinically relevant NLCS.
    🔍 94.7% (Google) and 98.7% (Amazon) WER for crucial NLCS.
    NLCS recognition errors may threaten clinical documentation integrity.

    #ClinicalDocumentation #ASR #NLP #Healthcare #Technology #PatientSafety

    dev.tnyp.me/jyCvTXy1/m

  20. Are Non-Lexical Sounds in Clinical Conversations Disruptive to ASR?

    🗣 NLCS were 2.4% of 135,647 words analyzed.
    🧐 ASR WER for NLCS: 40.8% (Google), 57.2% (Amazon).
    ⛔️ Poor in recognizing clinically relevant NLCS.
    🔍 94.7% (Google) and 98.7% (Amazon) WER for crucial NLCS.
    NLCS recognition errors may threaten clinical documentation integrity.

    #ClinicalDocumentation #ASR #NLP #Healthcare #Technology #PatientSafety

    dev.tnyp.me/jyCvTXy1/m

  21. Are Non-Lexical Sounds in Clinical Conversations Disruptive to ASR?

    🗣 NLCS were 2.4% of 135,647 words analyzed.
    🧐 ASR WER for NLCS: 40.8% (Google), 57.2% (Amazon).
    ⛔️ Poor in recognizing clinically relevant NLCS.
    🔍 94.7% (Google) and 98.7% (Amazon) WER for crucial NLCS.
    NLCS recognition errors may threaten clinical documentation integrity.

    #ClinicalDocumentation #ASR #NLP #Healthcare #Technology #PatientSafety

    dev.tnyp.me/jyCvTXy1/m

  22. 🚨BREAKING: AI scribes now moonlighting as medical professionals! 🤖💉 Patient "devastated" that GPT-404 couldn't tell the difference between a hangnail and a heart attack. Perhaps next time, consult a human or at least a Ouija board. 😂
    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-14/ai- #AIinHealthcare #AIhumor #MedicalTech #GPT404 #PatientSafety #HackerNews #ngated

  23. 🚨BREAKING: AI scribes now moonlighting as medical professionals! 🤖💉 Patient "devastated" that GPT-404 couldn't tell the difference between a hangnail and a heart attack. Perhaps next time, consult a human or at least a Ouija board. 😂
    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-14/ai- #AIinHealthcare #AIhumor #MedicalTech #GPT404 #PatientSafety #HackerNews #ngated

  24. 🚨BREAKING: AI scribes now moonlighting as medical professionals! 🤖💉 Patient "devastated" that GPT-404 couldn't tell the difference between a hangnail and a heart attack. Perhaps next time, consult a human or at least a Ouija board. 😂
    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-14/ai- #AIinHealthcare #AIhumor #MedicalTech #GPT404 #PatientSafety #HackerNews #ngated

  25. 📌 Updated guidance: the NHS SPS Refrigerated Medicines Stability Tool shares info from both product licences and other sources to support registered healthcare professionals assessing temperature excursion impacts. Off-label details may be included too. Get the tool here: sps.nhs.uk/home/tools/refriger #Healthcare #Medicines #PatientSafety

  26. 📌 Updated guidance: the NHS SPS Refrigerated Medicines Stability Tool shares info from both product licences and other sources to support registered healthcare professionals assessing temperature excursion impacts. Off-label details may be included too. Get the tool here: sps.nhs.uk/home/tools/refriger #Healthcare #Medicines #PatientSafety

  27. 📌 Updated guidance: the NHS SPS Refrigerated Medicines Stability Tool shares info from both product licences and other sources to support registered healthcare professionals assessing temperature excursion impacts. Off-label details may be included too. Get the tool here: sps.nhs.uk/home/tools/refriger #Healthcare #Medicines #PatientSafety

  28. Nach 16 Stunden noch im OP: Wie gefährlich ist das? - medinside[.]ch

    Eine grosse US-Studie hat untersucht, ob lange Schichten in der Anästhesie die Patientensicherheit beeinträchtigen. Ausgewertet wurden Daten von mehr als 1,6 Millionen Operationen.

    medinside.ch/nach-16-stunden-n #PatientSafety #Patientensicherheit

  29. Nach 16 Stunden noch im OP: Wie gefährlich ist das? - medinside[.]ch

    Eine grosse US-Studie hat untersucht, ob lange Schichten in der Anästhesie die Patientensicherheit beeinträchtigen. Ausgewertet wurden Daten von mehr als 1,6 Millionen Operationen.

    medinside.ch/nach-16-stunden-n #PatientSafety #Patientensicherheit

  30. Fördert das Strafrecht eine Kultur des Schweigens? - medinside[.]ch

    Nach einem Behandlungsfehler wird oft nach den Verantwortlichen gesucht. Doch was, wenn genau diese Logik eine Kultur des Schweigens fördert – und damit die Patientensicherheit beeinträchtigt?

    medinside.ch/foerdert-das-stra #CIRS #Patientensicherheit #PatientSafety

  31. Fördert das Strafrecht eine Kultur des Schweigens? - medinside[.]ch

    Nach einem Behandlungsfehler wird oft nach den Verantwortlichen gesucht. Doch was, wenn genau diese Logik eine Kultur des Schweigens fördert – und damit die Patientensicherheit beeinträchtigt?

    medinside.ch/foerdert-das-stra #CIRS #Patientensicherheit #PatientSafety

  32. 🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Top surgeon's legs go MIA due to a fetish 🤪. Meanwhile, patients wonder if their own limbs were safe from his...enthusiastic practice. Good job, The Guardian, for making us question humanity one bizarre headline at a time! 🙄🦵💥
    theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a #BreakingNews #SurgeonFetish #PatientSafety #BizarreHeadlines #TheGuardian #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

  33. 🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Top surgeon's legs go MIA due to a fetish 🤪. Meanwhile, patients wonder if their own limbs were safe from his...enthusiastic practice. Good job, The Guardian, for making us question humanity one bizarre headline at a time! 🙄🦵💥
    theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a #BreakingNews #SurgeonFetish #PatientSafety #BizarreHeadlines #TheGuardian #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

  34. 🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Top surgeon's legs go MIA due to a fetish 🤪. Meanwhile, patients wonder if their own limbs were safe from his...enthusiastic practice. Good job, The Guardian, for making us question humanity one bizarre headline at a time! 🙄🦵💥
    theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a #BreakingNews #SurgeonFetish #PatientSafety #BizarreHeadlines #TheGuardian #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

  35. #ScienceFiction oder doch drohende Realität? Aus jeden Fall beängstigend 😱

    heise+ -| c’t-Story: Tick, tick, tick | c't Magazin

    Fortschrittliche Technik arbeitet softwaregestützt und ist auf regelmäßige Aktualisierungen angewiesen. Diese Abhängigkeit kann sich plötzlich fatal auswirken.

    heise.de/hintergrund/c-t-Story #heiseplus #Patientensicherheit #PatientSafety #Bionik #bionic #MedicalDevices #MedicalImplatants #MedicalDeviceRegulation #MedTech #ProductLiability

  36. #ScienceFiction oder doch drohende Realität? Aus jeden Fall beängstigend 😱

    heise+ -| c’t-Story: Tick, tick, tick | c't Magazin

    Fortschrittliche Technik arbeitet softwaregestützt und ist auf regelmäßige Aktualisierungen angewiesen. Diese Abhängigkeit kann sich plötzlich fatal auswirken.

    heise.de/hintergrund/c-t-Story #heiseplus #Patientensicherheit #PatientSafety #Bionik #bionic #MedicalDevices #MedicalImplatants #MedicalDeviceRegulation #MedTech #ProductLiability