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Newsweek Is Wrong About "Racially Concordant Care
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (215+ words) In penning a defense of DEI in medicine, the editors at Newsweek acknowledge that the PNAS study has been debunked. But they cite three other studies that claim to find benefits of racial diversity in medicine, arguing that, based on…...
CHOP, Planned Parenthood named in report on questionable gender care billing practices
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (85+ words) donoharmmedicine. org A new report details how local healthcare providers may exploit insurance rules to secure payment for child sex-change procedures. Do No Harm, a national organization of healthcare professionals established in 2022, seeks to "highlight and counteract divisive trends in…...
Stanford Medicine quietly renames DEI offices but keeps diversity programs after DOJ probe
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (95+ words) Stanford School of Medicine quietly removed diversity, equity, and inclusion language from its website after the U. S. Department of Justice launched an investigation into alleged racial discrimination in its admissions process. But experts are questioning whether the changes represent a meaningful…...
Universities Are Looking for Loopholes to Avoid Disclosing Woke Syllabi
4+ day, 21+ min ago (398+ words) Two universities are attempting to dodge public-records requests by asserting that course syllabi are "copyrighted and protected intellectual property" or "trade secrets." Such responses proceed from a misapplication of state law and risk undermining the principles of transparency and public…...
Do No Harm Publishes Open Letter Urging Social Work Accreditor to Ditch DEI Standards
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (106+ words) Today, Do No Harm published an open letter to the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), an accrediting body for social work education programs, requesting the organization remove DEI mandates from its accreditation standards. The letter identifies numerous examples of…...
Healthcare org states Black health center is for all races after civil rights complaint
1+ week, 2+ day ago (137+ words) donoharmmedicine. org After medical watchdog Do No Harm filed a complaint with the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services over what it called Kaiser Permanente's racially discriminatory "Center for Black Health and Wellness," the healthcare organization updated the center with…...
Major Health Systems Do Digital Damage Control Following Do No Harm Civil Rights Complaints
1+ week, 2+ day ago (366+ words) Two major healthcare systems have altered their websites to remove indications of racial discrimination following complaints by Do No Harm filed with the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS-OCR). Now, however, the webpage associated with…...
Texas Tech residency program favors foreign-trained doctors, medical group says
1+ week, 3+ day ago (114+ words) A recent report by medical advocacy group Do No Harm revealed that Texas Tech University's internal medicine residency program is staffed almost entirely by residents who attended medical school outside the U. S. , raising concerns about discrimination. The group's findings show that…...
The LCME Is Right to Refocus Medical Education on Medicine
1+ week, 4+ day ago (204+ words) donoharmmedicine. org [Editor's note: This piece originally appeared as a comment in response to Uch" Blackstock's "Medical Schools Must Continue to Teach Students About Structural Barriers to Care" in Stat. That article is available here.] Uch" Blackstock's piece hinges on…...
Watchdog says healthcare providers may be misrepresenting child gender treatments as routine care
1+ week, 5+ day ago (107+ words) Healthcare providers may be able to misrepresent transgender treatments for minors as routine care that is unrelated to gender-affirming treatments, a'new report from medical watchdog Do No Harm revealed. Chief medical officer at Do No Harm Dr. Kurt Miceli told…...