The U.S. was shaken this week by the death of Lashawn Thompson in Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail. He had been moved to the psychiatric ward after being jailed on a simple battery charge. Physically healthy when he was arrested, he was left in a cell infested with bed bugs and other vermin. Michael Harper, an attorney for Thompson’s family, said …
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Welcome to the July edition of Prescription for Healthcare – a once-a-month podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana. In today’s segment, hosts Karen Green Stone and Dr. Rob Stone continue their conversation with Dr. Mark Bauman – a former physician at Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital and professor at IU School of Medicine who …
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On May 20th, Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez became the fifth child to die in border patrol custody since December. He was 16, and had been held for a week in a border patrol outpost that lacked proper provisioning. He had fled Guatemala, currently wracked with drought and violence, and reached the U.S. on May 13- at which point he turned …
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When Melinda Swenson retired as a nurse practitioner and instructor after 32 years in those positions, she looked around for a way that she could continue to contribute her knowledge and skills as a volunteer. Discovering the Volunteers in Medicine Clinic was the perfect match for Melinda’s need to continue caring for individuals and to contribute to Bloomington as a …
Read More »On August 27, Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan sponsored a candidate and community health care forum on the Franklin College campus. Moderated by Dr. Rob Stone, the panel included local health care experts Dr. Mary Beth Hensley and Michael Kolenda Ph.D., the Director of WindRose Health Network. Both Indiana 9th Congressional District candidates, Liz Watson and Trey Hollingsworth, were …
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Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky filed a lawsuit against the Indiana State Department of Health this morning. The suit is a challenge to the constitutionality of Senate Enrolled Act 340. The law, passed earlier this year, imposing new requirements on abortion providers. It also compels all doctors to report any medical complications that occur during or after an abortion. …
Read More »Artificial intelligence in hospitals working with doctors to prescribe treatment sounds like something straight out of the movies. Researchers at the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University are working to make this a reality. The process, which uses data mining and a method called machine learning, could lead the way to a cheaper, better healthcare system. The research …
Read More »The Medical Licensing Board of Indiana voted last Thursday to adopt SB 246, a new rule for physicians who prescribe addictive pain medications to nonterminal patients. Starting December 15th this year, physicians will be required to monitor certain patient’s history via the state’s drug monitoring system called INSPECT. Dr. Deborah McMahan, health commissioner for the Fort Wayne Allen County Department …
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