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Honest Brokers, Technology, and Health Justice: What Are We Learning?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: anuwat Sikham on iStock In healthcare and social services, amid an aging population and an increased demand for care, there is a growing need for neutralor at least quasi-neutral honest brokers who can build trust and balance the conflicts of competing parties.

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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

1 AI promises to help scientists leverage massive datasets and brain simulations to test new diagnoses and treatments at scalewithout the need for risky or costly human participation. Problems of cost, of course, are rooted in economic injustice, racial injustice, and the commodification of profit-motivated healthcare in the United States.

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Building Boundaries in Love for Equity and Justice: An AI Manifesto

NonProfit Quarterly

These developersengineers, data scientists, and tech leaderscan fall victim to the pressure to be the first and fastest, driven by profit motives and competitive market forces. 8 This concern is valid, as AI has already begun reshaping such sectors as manufacturing, healthcare, and legal services.9

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The Triple Threat Facing Nursing Homes—And How to Overcome It

NonProfit Quarterly

The US healthcare system in 2023 consumed $4.87 The Financial Engineering of Health Care The US healthcare system in 2023 consumed $4.87 The effect of this has been, over time, to transform healthcare from a service-oriented sector into a vehicle for financial gain, with private equity playing a growing role. trillion (17.6

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Dignity in Action: From Institutional Failure to Decentralized Empowerment

NonProfit Quarterly

Unfortunately, with healthcare for the elderly and disabled, dignity is often among the first values that are sacrificed. Many facilities came under the control of private entities contracted by the state, whose primary motive was profit. It is also efficient, with online participation reducing administrative costs.

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The Double-Edged Sword of Health Innovations: Navigating the Intersection of Technology and Equity in Nigeria

NonProfit Quarterly

Emerging technological innovations in healthcare have the potential to transform public health and healthcare delivery systems, making them more efficient, personalized, and accessible. Consequently, communities that were already marginalized continued to face limited access to essential healthcare services.

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Solidarity Economy Organizers Gather in Atlanta to Build Toward Liberation

NonProfit Quarterly

participated, Citizens Trust Bank was one of the two primary banks holding the funds of the bus boycott organizers and Atlanta Life Insurance Company, noted Guilloud, supported the taxi drivers for a year. Scale, participants said, should be achieved through relationship rather than replication.