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Female doctor in hospital setting.
Slapping nutrition labels on AI for your health
At a congressional hearing last week, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) noted how AI can help detect deadly diseases early, improve medical imaging, and clear cumbersome paperwork from doctors’ desks. But she also expressed concern that it could exacerbate bias and discrimination in healthcare.
Patients need to know who, or what, is behind their healthcare determinations and treatment plans. This requires transparency, which is a key part of Biden's AI Bill of Rights, released last year.
The new rule, first proposed in April by the HHS’s health information technology office, would require developers to publish information about how AI healthcare apps were trained and how they should and shouldn’t be used. The rule, which could be finalized before January, aims to improve both transparency and accountability.
Death of senior doctor rings alarms bells in coronavirus-struck Indonesia
JAKARTA (REUTERS) - Dr Sardjono Utomo, a senior Indonesian doctor, admitted himself to his local hospital in East Java late Tuesday afternoon (Dec 1).
Unpaid wages, pay cuts add to Indian healthcare workers' woes
It is not only the possibility of contracting the coronavirus that has Dr Rohit Tiwari worried. He is also stressed about being able to pay his rent on time this month.
Coronavirus: Indonesia's health ministry forms team to probe doctor deaths
JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Indonesia's Health Ministry has formed a team to investigate the high death toll among doctors from Covid-19, the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has announced.
As Jakarta heads into coronavirus lockdown, doctors warn of buckling health system
JAKARTA (REUTERS) - Doctors in Indonesia's capital warned on Thursday (Sept 10) the coronavirus pandemic is "not under control" with Jakarta intensive care units nearing full capacity and the city ordering new lockdown measures to stem a spike in infections.
Why trainee doctors in South Korea are on strike
Trainee doctors debated yesterday whether to continue a 16-day strike after an agreement was signed on Friday between the ruling Democratic Party and the Korean Medical Association, which represents 130,000 doctors, to end the walkout.
South Korea's trainee doctors debate extending protest against government reform plan
SEOUL - Trainee doctors debated Saturday (Sept 5) whether to continue a 16-day strike after an agreement was signed on Friday between the ruling Democratic Party and the Korean Medical Association, which represents 130,000 doctors, to end the walkout.
Pushed to the brink
BHAGALPUR (India) • Guards armed with rifles escort Dr Kumar Gaurav as he makes the rounds at his hospital on the banks of the Ganges River.