Morning Headlines 5/24/22

Hospital ward where tragic Meltham dad walked out was ‘understaffed with slow computers’

IT problems prevented staff at a hospital in England from seeing that a behavioral health patient was restricted from leaving unsupervised, after which he was killed when he was hit by a train, an inquest hears.

Disclosure of Lab Results

A former health executive in Georgia writes an op-ed piece urging the state to follow Kentucky’s lead in overriding Cures Act requirements that patients be given their lab results immediately, saying that his late wife was stressed by seeing lab results related to her lung cancer that she didn’t understand.

The dangers of digital health monitoring in a post-Roe world

Popular Science advises its readers to use a browser that doesn’t retain a search history, use a VPN, turn off location sharing, use encrypted messaging, avoid asking about potentially illegal topics publicly, and be aware that the US does not protect period tracker users from having their data sold.

NHS doctors urge bosses to let them WFH! Hospital consultants say they can safely assess ward patients by a ‘computer on wheels’

The British Medical Association urges ministers to study the benefits of a hybrid working model for some physicians and at certain times, citing experience gained during the pandemic.