The DDR requires organ donors to be dead according to legal criteria prior to organ removal, and it’s rooted in fears of civil and criminal liability.

Dr John Banja joins us to discuss the promises and perils of artificial intelligence in health care applications, including potential “megarisks” posed by AI tools themselves.

Fair distribution demands new strategies for engaging patients in co-creation.

Poor oral health has been neglected as a public health threat, despite recognition as “epidemic” in scale by the US Office of the Surgeon General.

Heightened privacy and confidentiality stakes generate unique anonymity and nondisclosure policies and practices for HIV.

Once focused on hospital liability, risk managers now navigate a broader set of enterprise risk management responsibilities.

AI models might advance human welfare in unprecedented ways, but progress will not occur without substantial risks that will have to be managed.

Clinical decision supports create ethically complex risks and need to align patients’ and caregivers’ professed values.

Framing risk management goals as patient centered and evidence based helps align them with goals of ethics.

A just culture perspective suggests that punitive responses to those who err should be reserved for those who have willfully and irremediably caused harm.