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JAMA Psychiatry
Special Communication
April 10, 2024
MasonMarks,MD, JD; Rebecca W.Brendel,MD, JD; CarmelShachar,JD, MPH; I. GlennCohen,JD
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JAMA Psychiatry. 2024; 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.0184
This Special Communication discusses the essential elements of designing and implementing informed consent practices for psychedelic medicine.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
Health and the 2024 US Election
January 22, 2024
CarmelShachar,JD, MPH; SusannahBaruch,JD; Louise P.King,MD, JD
JAMA. 2024; 331(7):559-560. 10.1001/jama.2024.0001
This Viewpoint evaluates Texas’ proposals to define the scope of the life exception for the state’s abortion ban and argues that these approaches do not allow physicians to follow the national standards of care, avoid criminal liability, or have sufficient notice of what the law permits.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
December 14, 2023
CarmelShachar,JD, MPH; KayleeWilson; AteevMehrotra,MD
JAMA. 2023; 331(1):19-20. 10.1001/jama.2023.24960
This Viewpoint explains how exceptions can be used to connect patients via telehealth with a physician in another state, why this is a more practical and effective strategy, and what needs to happen for this to be a feasible solution.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
July 21, 2023
CarmelShachar,JD, MPH; Barak D.Richman,JD, PhD; AteevMehrotra,MD
JAMA. 2023; 330(6):499-500. 10.1001/jama.2023.10411
This Viewpoint discusses why the legality of calling patients located in another state has suddenly been called into question.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
June 9, 2023
CarmelShachar,JD, MPH; Philip A.Gruppuso,MD; Eli Y.Adashi,MD, MS
JAMA. 2023; 329(24):2127-2128. 10.1001/jama.2023.4755
This Viewpoint lists the top 3 pediatric drugs and product shortages, considers the federal government’s and manufacturers’ ethical duty to protect children, reviews the causes for the shortages, and suggests policy changes that could help fill in the gap.
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JAMA
Comment & Response
June 6, 2023
AnnabelKupke,BA, BS; Christopher T.Robertson,JD, PhD, MA; CarmelShachar,JD, MPH
JAMA. 2023; 329(21):1884-1885. 10.1001/jama.2023.6721
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JAMA
Viewpoint
May 19, 2023
SravyaChary,MBE, MS; DaniellePacia,MBE; CarmelShachar,JD, MPH
JAMA. 2023; 329(22):1911-1912. 10.1001/jama.2023.6278
This Viewpoint discusses the legal risks physicians and health care facilities may incur by miscoding a surgical or chemical abortion as a miscarriage to conceal an abortion procedure.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
January 9, 2023
AnnabelKupke,BA, BS; CarmelShachar,JD, MPH; ChristopherRobertson,JD, PhD, MA
JAMA. 2023; 329(5):365-366. 10.1001/jama.2022.24976
This Viewpoint discusses how some pulse oximeters can provide incorrect oxygen saturation data for dark-skinned patients compared with light-skinned patients, describes the reasons that biased oximeters remained in use, and highlights why a rule recently proposed by the US Department of Health and Human Services may bring about needed change in the use of pulse oximetry for patients with dark skin.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
January 5, 2023
CarmelShachar,JD, MPH; SaraGerke,Dipl-Jur Univ, MA
JAMA. 2023; 329(4):283-284. 10.1001/jama.2022.23867
This Viewpoint discusses a proposed DHHS rule to address discrimination in clinical algorithms and the need for additional considerations to ensure the burden of liability for biased algorithms is not disproportionately placed on health care professionals.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
September 22, 2022
David A.Simon,JD, LLM, PhD; CarmelShachar,JD, MPH; I. GlennCohen,JD
JAMA. 2022; 328(14):1391-1392. 10.1001/jama.2022.16317
This Viewpoint examines the murky legal treatment of various health-related wearable or other general wellness products for patients, physicians, and manufacturers, and recommends solutions.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
July 15, 2022
CarmelShachar,JD, MPH
JAMA. 2022; 328(5):417-418. 10.1001/jama.2022.12510
Viewpoint describes the limitations of patient privacy under HIPPA regarding abortion services and miscarriages and discusses important considerations for patients, clinicians, and health care centers.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
Diagnostic Excellence
January 20, 2022
David A.Simon,JD, LLM, PhD; CarmelShachar,JD, MPH; I. GlennCohen,JD
JAMA. 2022; 327(6):523-524. 10.1001/jama.2022.0047
This Viewpoint discusses the definitions of medical devices and low-risk general wellness products and examines the difficulties the difference between these types of products pose for regulation, consumer understanding, physician use and interpretation, privacy, reimbursement, and equity.
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JAMA Health Forum
Viewpoint
May 28, 2021
CarmelShachar,JD, MPH; AmarGupta,PhD, MBA; GaliKatznelson,MBE
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JAMA Health Forum. 2021; 2(5):e210405. 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.0405
This Viewpoint advocates for the US federal government to take advantage of COVID-19 pandemic-inspired momentum to promote telehealth via regulatory leadership.
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JAMA
Editorial
November 3, 2020
CarmelShachar,JD, MPH; GregoryCurfman,MD
JAMA. 2020; 324(17):1735-1736. 10.1001/jama.2020.19795
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JAMA
Viewpoint
COVID-19: Beyond Tomorrow
May 18, 2020
CarmelShachar,JD, MPH; JaclynEngel; GlynElwyn,MD, PhD, MSc
free access
JAMA. 2020; 323(23):2375-2376. 10.1001/jama.2020.7943
This Viewpoint describes changes in reimbursement standards, patient privacy (HIPAA) regulations, and licensing requirements that have occurred around provision of telehealth in the US in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights opportunities to further standardize regulations and facilitate use of telehealth after the pandemic.