Fw: HMS-Today's News (March 22, 2017)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2017
Flexibility on ‘essential benefits' will increase cost of insurance for pregnancy, addiction and mental illness
STAT
Richard Frank (HMS) co-authored this opinion piece arguing that the Republican health care bill could drive up the cost of coverage for pregnancy care, newborn care, and mental illness and addictive disorders treatment.
Deepak Chopra speculates about Trump's brain
USA Today
A noted alternative medicine advocate is the latest medical professional to speculate about President Trump's mental health. Rebecca Brendel (HMS/Mass General) discusses the so-called Goldwater rule of the American Psychiatric Association that discourages physicians from expressing public opinions about people whom they are not treating.
Can my doctor out me to my parents?
U.S. News & World Report
The article discusses the confidentiality, legal and ethical conundrums faced by LGBTQ minors and the pediatricians who treat them when it comes to disclosing certain medical information to parents and guardians. Alex Keuroghlian (HMS/Mass General) is mentioned.
The $10 million quest to build a home health device inspired by ‘Star Trek'
The Washington Post
Then there were two. A global competition to stimulate the innovation and integration of precision diagnostic technologies that will allow consumers to make their own medical diagnoses has been narrowed from 312 to two teams. Chung-Kang Peng (HMS/Beth Israel Deaconess) is the leader of one of the finalist teams. The winner will be announced in April.
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