“What CITI Program is Reading” is our biweekly blog series which highlights news articles curated by our staff and relevant to research, higher education, healthcare, technology, and more. Follow us on LinkedIn for upcoming editions and more information from CITI Program.
FDA qualifies Apple Watch’s AFib history for use in clinical studies
Source: The Verge But you should still see a doctor if you’re not feeling well.
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HHS: Report Change Healthcare Breach; CMS Research Data Restriction Opposed
Source: Cosmos As the fallout from a February cyberattack against Change Healthcare continues, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has created a dedicated website and reminded HIPAA covered entities (CEs) using the claims and prescription drug processor as their business associate (BA) that they are required to follow the Breach Notification Rule.
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United States Government Policy for Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential
Source: The White House United States Government Policy for Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential can be found here.
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U.S. moves to reclassify cannabis as a lower risk drug
Source: Science Historic policy shift will make it easier for scientists to investigate potential medical uses.
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President Biden signs law to ban TikTok nationwide unless it is sold
Source: NPR The measure was included in a foreign aid package providing support to Ukraine and Israel. TikTok vowed to challenge the law in federal court.
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Empowering Student Laboratory Safety Officer Programs to Strengthen Academic Safety Culture
Source: ACS Publications A student Laboratory Safety Officer (LSO) program formalizes a position often found within academic institutions.
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Using Telehealth and Health Education to Advance Health Equity Within the Carceral System
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice A recent review of the literature on telehealth care emphasized the need for digital equity concerning access and e-health literacy in underserved populations.
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Firms offering a fast track to publication target foreign applicants to U.S. medical residency programs
Source: Science Foreign trainees seeking U.S. medical residencies pay hefty sums to build research resumes.
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Responsible AI and the ‘Future of Skills’
Source: Inside Higher Ed A gathering hosted by ETS delved into how AI could change how students are tested and how employers assess skills.
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A tool for self-evaluation of a successful occupational health and safety risk assessment
Source: ScienceDirect Previous studies present that insufficient risk assessment skills or limitations of processes and tools may weaken risk identification and control.
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Infected blood scandal: Children were used as 'guinea pigs' in clinical trials
Source: BBC They were given infected blood products in trials without their knowledge, the BBC has found.
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AI and the falling sky: interrogating X-Risk
Source: BMJ This paper argues that the headline-grabbing nature of existential risk (X-Risk) diverts attention away from immediate AI threats.
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