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    I think its important to consider how biases (research, implicit etc) can affect the success of AI. both in the results and how it is interpreted.
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    In this month's Letter from America, Lorri Zipperer discusses cautions and capabilities associated with healthcare technologies. Letter from America is a Patient Safety Learning blog series highlighting new accomplishments and patient safety challenges in the United States. This is Lorri's last blog in the series and we'd like to thank Lorri for sharing her insights with us over the last 12 months. Read here all the Letter from America blogs
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    Thank you @Helen and to all hub members for their continued contributions to the work of improving patient safety!
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    This publication from the US-based Joint Commission shares recommendations for organizations to guide effective provision of telehealth services. The alert discusses insights to establish secure and reliable telehealth systems and programs. It highlights creating standards for virtual care delivery, training staff to understand virtual patient monitoring, outlining specific clinician roles, and targeting tasks needed to as tactics to ensure virtual care is complete.
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    This article in Nature explores how voice activation technologies have potential to diagnose coronavirus infections, dementia and depression. Emily Anthes discusses efforts around the globe to reach the highly anticipated potential of this technology in healthcare.
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    Large-scale organisational disruptions threaten patient safety. This essay from Lisa Croke in the AORN Journal shares privacy, physical space operation and medical device function concerns that could result from cyberattacks.
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    Consumer-focused digital healthcare apps are widely used for health maintenance. This scoping review from Millenson et al. examined evidence on interactive direct-to-consumer diagnostic applications and found a lack of robustness on evaluation methods.
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    Telehealth has become more entrenched as a healthcare provision mechanism in response to COVID-19. This Dissent Magazine article cautions its effectiveness long term due to its potential to be established as a profit centre for healthcare organisations.
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    Telemedicine has potential to address inequity in healthcare but not until certain barriers are addressed. This article from Joanna Pearlstein in Wired discusses how physicians and care organisations have to be creative and rely on partnerships and local resources, such as school district hot spots or public library broadband access, to make the system reliably work for all their patients.
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    Physicians and patients have concerns associated with a shift toward virtual medicine. This interview with a Dr Paul Hyman, a primary care physician, highlights how the loss of physical touch and in-person communication could negatively affect care and the patient/physician relationship. 
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    In her latest Letter from America, Lorri Zipperer explores the lack of coordination that is undermining the current US response to the COVID-19 crisis and preparation for the next phase. Letter from America is the latest in a Patient Safety Learning blog series highlighting new accomplishments and patient safety challenges in the United States.
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    This article from Michael Ollove in USA Today compares international activities responding to the COVID-19 pandemic to those of the United States to illustrate gaps and highlight areas where coordination and collaboration are desperately needed to move the US effort forward.
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    Health services in college and university campuses are under pressure to respond to COVID-19 with patient safety in mind. This article  from Abelson et al. in The Seattle Times discusses weakness in university health services that undermine their ability to do so. It shares interviews with students that discuss misdiagnosis and diagnostic delays due to the impact of the pandemic.
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    This report from the American Association of Medical Colleges outlines 11 government-focused recommendations to support and motivate a United States collective plan to reset the response to the COVID pandemic. Informed by expert insights from a variety of fields, the document shares actionable suggestions on topics such as testing improvement, national standards on face coverings and other safety protocols, and vaccine deployment planning.
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    This month’s Letter from America explores uncertainties stemming from the COVID pandemic. Letter from America is the latest in a Patient Safety Learning blog series highlighting new accomplishments and patient safety challenges in the United States.
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    This article from Petriceks and Schwartz, published in Palliative & Supportive Care, describes a four-element approach centered on Goals, Options, Opinions and Documentation that serves as an effective structure for clinicians to have conversations with patients and families to address care management when the path forward is unclear.
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    This article from Ashton et al. outlines how one health system in the United States sought to make antibody testing available to staff as a strategy to decrease anxiety and improve sense making around the crisis.
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    This article from Susan Carr discusses how fear is keeping patients from getting the care they need. The author highlights the importance of recognising that rebuilding trust in the system disrupted by COVID-19 will take time and the role of leaders to anchor this effort.  
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    This blog post from Aral and Eckles highlights a study done at the Social Analytics Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) examining the impact of the uncoordinated responses to COVID-19 across the United States. The blog links to the original study and other related materials.
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    This article from Delaveris et al. outlines one health system's experience implementing a bundle to reduce sepsis-related mortality and the observed connection between adherence to the bundle and improved sepsis care.
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    This interview in the Journal of Quality and Patient Safety highlights the career and motivations of Dr. Gordon Schiff, a leader in patient safety whose has focused his efforts on improving medication safety, diagnostic safety and the role of information technology in enhancing care.
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