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    Electronic Health Records and Research: Privacy Versus Scientific Priorities.Sharona Hoffman - 2010 - American Journal of Bioethics 10 (9):19-20.
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  2. Intrinsic Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Research: A Need for Disclosure.Sharmon Sollitto, Sharona Hoffman, Maxwell J. Mehlman, Robert J. Lederman, Stuart J. Youngner & Michael M. Lederman - 2003 - Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 13 (2):83-91.
    : Protection of human subjects from investigators' conflicts of interest is critical to the integrity of clinical investigation. Personal financial conflicts of interest are addressed by university policies, professional society guidelines, publication standards, and government regulation, but "intrinsic conflicts of interest"—conflicts of interest inherent in all clinical research—have received relatively less attention. Such conflicts arise in all clinical research endeavors as a result of the tension among professionals' responsibilities to their research and to their patients and both academic and financial (...)
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    Big Bad Data: Law, Public Health, and Biomedical Databases.Sharona Hoffman & Andy Podgurski - 2013 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 41 (s1):56-60.
    The accelerating adoption of electronic health record systems will have profound impacts on clinical care. It will also have far-reaching implications for public health research and surveillance, which in turn could lead to changes in public policy, statutes, and regulations. The public health benefits of EHR use can be significant. However, researchers and analysts who rely on EHR data must proceed with caution and understand the potential limitations of EHRs.Much has been written about the risk of EHR privacy breaches. This (...)
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    Improving Health Care Outcomes through Personalized Comparisons of Treatment Effectiveness Based on Electronic Health Records.Sharona Hoffman & Andy Podgurski - 2011 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 39 (3):425-436.
    The unsustainable growth in U.S. health care costs is in large part attributable to the rising costs of pharmaceuticals and medical devices and to unnecessary medical procedures. This fact has led health reform advocates and policymakers to place considerable hope in the idea that increased government support for research on the comparative effectiveness of medical treatments will eventually help to reduce health care expenses by informing patients, health care providers, and payers about which treatments for common conditions are effective and (...)
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    Assessing Competencies for Public Health Emergency Legal Preparedness.James G. Hodge, Kristine M. Gebbie, Chris Hoke, Martin Fenstersheib, Sharona Hoffman & Myles Lynk - 2008 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 36 (s1):28-35.
    Among the many components of legal preparedness for public health emergencies is the assurance that the public health workforce and its private sector partners are competent to use the law to facilitate the performance of essential public health services and functions. This is a significant challenge. Multiple categories of emergencies, stemming from natural disasters to emerging infectious diseases, confront public health practitioners. Interpreting, assessing, and applying legal principles during emergencies are complicated by the changing legal environment and differences in governmental (...)
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    The Promise and Perils of Open Medical Data.Sharona Hoffman - 2016 - Hastings Center Report 46 (1):6-7.
    Not long ago I visited the Personal Genome Project's website. The PGP describes its mission as “creating public genome, health, and trait data.” In the “Participant Profiles” section, I found several entries that disclosed the names of individuals along with their date of birth, sex, weight, height, blood type, race, health conditions, medications, allergies, medical procedures, and more. Other profiles did not feature names but provided all of the other details. I had no special access to this information. It is (...)
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    Addressing privacy concerns through the health insurance portability and accountability act privacy rule.Sharona Hoffman - 2007 - American Journal of Bioethics 7 (3):48 – 49.
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    By Author BAGHERI, Alireza. Criticism of “Brain.Tom L. Beauchamp, Howard Brody, Franklin G. Miller, Alexander S. Curtis, Martina Darragh, Patricia Milmoe, Ronald M. U. S. Green, Sharona Hoffman, Edmund G. Howe & Jeffrey P. Kahn - 2003 - Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 13 (4):407-09.
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    Breach Notification and the Law.Sharona Hoffman - 2010 - Journal of Clinical Ethics 21 (1):42-43.
    The American Medical Association Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) has written a position paper on physicians’ ethical responsibilities in the event that the security of patients’ electronic health information has been breached. The report offers compelling ethical and practical justifications for notification requirements and articulates guidelines for clinicians. This commentary addresses a gap in the report. It outlines the new legal duty to disclose security breaches, established by the 2009 HITECH Act, which is only briefly mentioned in the (...)
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    Currents in Contemporary Ethics.Sharona Hoffman & Andrew P. Morriss - 2003 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 31 (4):721-724.
    Contemporary developments in reproductive technology hold great promise for those who have difficulty conceiving naturally. However, they have generated extensive debate among lawyers, ethicists, legislators, the media, and the public. Concern has intensified recently in light of claimed attempts to clone human beings. One implication of the new reproductive technologies upon which few commentators have focused is their effect on inheritance rights and on the notorious Rule Against Perpetuities. For example, what impact should the possible existence of frozen sperm or (...)
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    Improving Regulatory Enforcement in the Face of Inadequate Resources.Sharona Hoffman - 2015 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 43 (s2):33-44.
    In law school we often focus on the importance of carefully crafting statutory and regulatory language. Textual ambiguities or sloppiness can significantly impair the efficacy of laws and regulations. Just as important as meticulous drafting, however, is the government’s ability to enforce its rules. In the absence of adequate enforcement resources, the government’s regulatory initiatives may well fail. The ability to promote public welfare depends as much on regulatory compliance as it does on the text of the regulations themselves.
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    Meaningful Use and Certification of Health Information Technology: What about Safety?Sharona Hoffman & Andy Podgurski - 2011 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 39 (s1):77-80.
    Health information technology is becoming increasingly prevalent in medical offices and facilities. Like President George W. Bush before him, President Obama announced a plan to computerize all Americans’ medical records by 2014. Computerization is certain to transform American health care, but to ensure that its benefits outweigh its risks, the federal government must provide appropriate oversight.President Obama’s stimulus legislation, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, dedicated $27 billion to the promotion of health information technology. It provides payments of (...)
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    Physician Burnout Calls for Legal Intervention.Sharona Hoffman - 2019 - Hastings Center Report 49 (6):8-9.
    Physician burnout is receiving more attention in the medical literature, and deservedly so. For example, in October of 2019, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published a lengthy report called Taking Action against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well‐Being. The report is comprehensive and well worth reading, and it offers a series of sound recommendations for addressing the burnout problem. However, the recommendations are quite ambitious, and implementing them would require a considerable investment of time, staffing, (...)
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    Sharona Hoffman Replies.Sharona Hoffman - 2020 - Hastings Center Report 50 (2):47-47.
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    The Emerging Hazard of AI‐Related Health Care Discrimination.Sharona Hoffman - 2020 - Hastings Center Report 51 (1):8-9.
    Artificial intelligence holds great promise for improved health‐care outcomes. But it also poses substantial new hazards, including algorithmic discrimination. For example, an algorithm used to identify candidates for beneficial “high risk care management” programs routinely failed to select racial minorities. Furthermore, some algorithms deliberately adjust for race in ways that divert resources away from minority patients. To illustrate, algorithms have underestimated African Americans’ risks of kidney stones and death from heart failure. Algorithmic discrimination can violate Title VI of the Civil (...)
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    Review of Sofia Gruskin, Michael A. Grodin, George J. Annas, and Stephen P. Marks (eds.), Perspectives on Health and Human Rights. Oxford, UK: Routledge, 2005. 672 pp. $36.95, paperback. [REVIEW]Sharona Hoffman - 2007 - American Journal of Bioethics 7 (4):90-91.