#vulnerablepopulations — Public Fediverse posts

For #AI-enabled #MedicalDevices, being cleared or approved by the #US #FDA does not mean being tested on #PatientOutcomes:

1,357 AI medical devices cleared, 3 actually tested on patient outcomes
https://journals.plos.org/digitalhealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pdig.0001597

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"Most studies (62%) employed #observational designs with small, homogenous #cohorts, limited #SubgroupAnalyses, and frequent exclusion of #VulnerablePopulations. Structural barriers (including misaligned financial incentives, reliance on predicate-based regulatory pathways, and logistical challenges of multi-center trials) discourage rigorous #evaluation. Internationally, FDA clearance often functions as a gateway for global #deployment, raising #ethical concerns when under-validated tools are introduced into low- and middle-income countries #LMIC without contextual #validation or #safeguards. Regulatory approval has outpaced clinical validation, creating an ecosystem where innovation advances without accountability."

Hunger, crime, blackouts: Cuba’s elderly bear the brunt of the island’s growing crisis

On one corner of Calle Enramadas in Santiago de Cuba, the island’s second-largest city, a group of homeless…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #Cuba #Elderlypeople #OdetteToledo #SantiagodeCuba #vulnerablepopulation #vulnerablepopulations
https://www.europesays.com/2954109/

The pilot program Eddie’s Place has served over 100 patients since May. Ken Der explains that the program, "provides care to medically frail, unhoused guests who are discharged from an emergency room...or who require continuing medical care and recuperation space following hospitalization."

https://alamedapost.com/news/eddies-place-medical-respite-for-unhoused-at-marina-village-inn/

#alameda #shelter #unhoused #healthcare #EddiesPlace #CardeaHealth #MedicalSupport #MarinaVillageInn #AlamedaHealthSystem #VulnerablePopulations