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• HealthLock helps protect a user’s medical data from data breaches and organizes deductibles, claims and provider information in one secure, digital space.
• As new claims come in, the platform analyzes and flags each one for potential errors, fraud or overbilling.
• Data from the Journal of the American Medical Association shows medical overbilling, fraud and abuse cost Americans hundreds of billions of dollars annually1.
• They will have access to HealthLock’s Medical Claims Monitor, which monitors and protects your medical data privacy against fraud, at no cost.

• BRONX, N.Y., March 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Montefiore today announced plans for a new pediatric inpatient psychiatry unit adding a new care option to address the unmet urgent behavioral and mental health needs of children and adolescents in the Bronx.
• The new program will physically and programmatically extend the capacity of CHAM to provide a full range of medical and behavioral health services for youth in the region.
• As a leading health system in New York renowned for delivering exceptional care, I am confident that Montefiore will exceed in tackling mental health disparities with the new pediatric psychiatry unit," said New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.
• The Montefiore pediatric psychiatry unit will provide 24/7 best-in-class care and access to comprehensive evaluation and care administered by mental health professionals expert in pediatric psychiatry.

• DALLAS, Feb. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Spectral AI, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDAI) (“Spectral AI” or the “Company”), an artificial intelligence (AI) company focused on the unmet need for improved medical diagnostics to allow faster and more accurate treatment decisions in wound care, today announces the appointment of Dr. J. Michael DiMaio to its Board of Directors, effective February 7, 2024.
• Dr. DiMaio joins the Board as a non-executive member to fill the vacancy left by the departure of Mr. Michael Murphy.
• Dr. Michael DiMaio is one of the Company’s founders and previously served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2011 to 2020.
• "I am pleased to welcome back Dr. Michael DiMaio to Spectral AI’s Board of Directors," said Richard Cotton, Chairman of the Board of Directors.

• Like other experts, we worried these policies would mimic the parental rights legislation recently introduced in Saskatchewan and New Brunswick.
• Smith has unveiled a suite of policies that directly attack trans and gender-diverse children and youth in Alberta.
• As we explain below, these policies are at odds with research about gender-affirming care, curriculum and sports.

Evidence on trans-affirming care

• Like all medicines, side effects are a risk but researchers caution against fear-mongering in response to gender-affirming care.
• The evidence about trans-affirming health care for youth is clear — it saves lives.
• Rather than restrict life-saving medical care, experts in fertility medicine call for increased accessibility for trans people to fertility services.

Sex education evidence

• Classroom instruction on gender, sexuality and sexual orientation also now requires parental notification and opt-in.
• Finally, third-party resource materials on gender, sexuality and sexual orientation in schools need to be pre-approved by the ministry to make sure they’re “age-appropriate.” Education experts agree that what is needed to protect youth — including cisgender and heterosexual kids — from potential abuse is robust and consent-based sexual health education.
• Youth have the right to knowledge and skills about their bodies, consent, safe/unsafe touch and healthy relationships.

Risk of parental, peer rejection

• This process essentially requires schools to “out” youth to their parents, who may reject their children.
• Smith incorrectly suggests that parental rejection of 2SLGBTQIA+ kids is rare.
• For those who experience family rejection, the rates of suicide are incredibly high.

Trans athletes evidence

• Smith’s policy will also ban trans girls and women athletes from participating in competitive women’s sports.
• Some scientists maintain that trans women and girls have no “biological advantage” over cisgender girls and women.
• A book on the topic that reviewed evidence on testosterone determined there is no direct relation between the hormone and athletic performance.

What’s the truth?

• In contrast, trans youth who are affirmed in schools, health care and in sports have better self-confidence and relationships with their parents.
• Smith has incorrectly warned there are risks associated with affirmation and inclusion in schools for trans kids.
• It includes more information on clinical guidelines for the prescription of puberty blockers for the purposes of gender-affirming care.

Corinne L. Mason receives funding from SSHRC. Leah Hamilton receives funding from SSHRC.