Carmel Shachar

Faculty Director of the Health Law and Policy Clinic @HarvardCHLPI. My opinions are my own.

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

Many hot takes on what the election means for health policy, but I think it's important to put the second Trump administration in the context of weakening respect for expertise, especially when it comes to doctors. My thoughts in @statnews

[STAT @statnews]

Opinion: Only 8% of voters surveyed ranked health care as a top issue. But the results of this election will undermine physicians for many years to come. https://t.co/t9SuqbS6aP

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

As a health lawyer it is easy to hyper focus on HHS, but FTC, FCC etc. all have roles to play in regulating health. @CohenProf, @eadashi and I analyze the FTC's involvement in protecting health data.

[Health Affairs @Health_Affairs]

In their new Forefront article, @CarmelShachar, @CohenProf, @eadashi from @HarvardCHLPI + @PetrieFlom discuss how regulatory rules only have impact if the entities they regulate perceive them as “having teeth.” https://t.co/e3nPH6wUoA

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

@chloereichel @david__simon @PetrieFlom @CohenProf Claudette is my very fav part of PFC. Sorry not sorry.

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

A huge thank you for everyone tweeting (and emailing and texting and saying) such lovely things. The @PetrieFlom team has been such a joy and I feel honored to have six years of being @CohenProf co-pilot.

[Petrie-Flom Center @PetrieFlom]

This week is @CarmelShachar's last as Executive Director of @PetrieFlom. Luckily she isn't going far (@HarvardCHLPI), but we'll miss her all the same! Please join us in thanking her for six years of leadership and service 👏 💐

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

My undergraduate thesis was comparing bioethical and traditional jewish positions on abortion, to remind readers that not all religious traditions are anti-abortion. Good to see it reflected in practice. https://t.co/tFurp04YX9

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

“This technology is rapidly improving at a time health care needs help,” said @landmaad It is easy to think of the worst case scenarios for medical AI but important to remember that it can help ease the pressures of an overburdened system. https://t.co/Cgqg3KnDuQ

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

With a big thank you to @commonwealthfnd for supporting our work on improving the way we license physicians and increase access to care!

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

Laws and regulations miss the point when they prevent physicians from following up with their patients. I write why we need to revisit physician licensure for the Telehealth age in @GlobeOpinion with @ShannonMacDonMD and @seanmmcbride

[Boston Globe Opinion @GlobeOpinion]

Telehealth laws need to be updated for a post-COVID health system | Carmel Shachar, Sean McBride, and Shannon MacDonald https://t.co/eZx8mx3Z5q

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

"75 of 117 Idaho OB-GYNs recently surveyed by the Idaho Coalition for Safe Reproductive Health Care said they were considering leaving the state. Of those, nearly 100% — 73 of 75 — cited Idaho’s restrictive abortion laws." Those numbers speak for themselves via @kffhealthnews

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

Cannot agree more with @HollyLynchez. Awesome job alert indeed!

[Holly Fernandez Lynch @HollyLynchez]

🚨Awesome job alert!🚨
@PetrieFlom is hiring an executive director (my old gig before Penn). The Center supports an incredible intellectual community + is doing fantastic work at the intersection of law, bioethics, and health policy. Take a look!
https://t.co/movVTfIplU

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

I'd love to leave @PetrieFlom in good hands and @CohenProf with good company!

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

I am excited and honored to say that this summer I'll become assistant clinical professor of law and faculty director of the health law and policy clinic @HarvardCHLPI The work is vital and impactful, the team is world class, and access to care has been my passion for a long time

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

The @petrieflom Executive Director position I'm leaving is truly a gem of a job: lots of fun running a Center, meeting all sorts of people, and doing some really interesting substantive work. https://t.co/xzUZc30Agt

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

When there aren't legal and regulatory incentives to fix biased and problematic medical products--@ProfCRobertson and the excellent BU law student Annabel Kupke explore pulse oximeters in @JAMA_current https://t.co/78nerqXYyY

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

Physicians shouldn't bear all the liability of biased AI and that could happen if we aren't thoughtful about the application of Section 1557 to clinical algorithms @gerke_sara and I write in @JAMA_current

[JAMA @JAMA_current]

#Viewpoint: a proposed @HHSGov 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. https://t.co/8DqqD0MKLo

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

@david__simon @NUSL @lawdeanpaul @weparmet @lexlanham @KaraWSwanson @danielmedwed @CEHaupt I’m so delighted for you and feel so lucky to have had a couple years of working closely with you. @NUSL couldn’t have made a better addition to their faculty!

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

I feel so lucky to work with the amazing @chloereichel. Such a testament to her that people were eager and willing to attend yet another zoom party to celebrate her "Harvard birthday" (@JoelleGrogan)!

[Doron Dorfman @DorfmanDoron]

Quickly dropped by this lovely virtual event celebrating the power that is @chloereichel who’s been working @PetrieFlom for 5 years now! Chloe has been doing great service to the health law & disability law communities. We appreciate you and are lucky to know you 😘

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

Honored to contribute some thoughts on the legal and regulatory considerations when it comes to clinicians' desire to use #AI tools in the newest #NAMPerspectives https://t.co/wg9OaCA504

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

What if instead of thinking of it as just another medical device we regulated AI the way we regulate nurse practitioners? @morell_walker Tony Weiss and I explore this common sense idea in @J_Law_Biosci https://t.co/qU4lBFH9c7

[Carmel Shachar @CarmelShachar]

I'll leave the labor analysis to my colleagues @LWPHarvard but this article really hammers home 1) the absurdity of not universally considering fertility treatments as health care and 2) of intertwining health care coverage and employment. https://t.co/TW7akqXR5c