Kim Bellard
@kimbbellard.bsky.social
Just a curious guy. I write a little, usually on Medium. Health care, tech, the future - those kinds of things.
Issues about the accounting of, and insurance for, #AI might seem like a bother, but they're signs that AI is truly becoming mainstream.
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Revenge of (the Other) Nerds
Like it or not, ready for it or not, we appear to be living in the age of A.I. Anyone who isn’t worried about its impact on their job isn’t…
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November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Issues about the accounting of, and insurance for, #AI might seem like a bother, but they're signs that AI is truly becoming mainstream.
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We don't usually think about accountants or actuaries when we think about AI, but we're going to have to.
H/T @leeharris.ft.com Christina Criddle Martin Anderson Jonathan Weil
kimbellard.medium.com/revenge-of-t...
H/T @leeharris.ft.com Christina Criddle Martin Anderson Jonathan Weil
kimbellard.medium.com/revenge-of-t...
Revenge of (the Other) Nerds
Like it or not, ready for it or not, we appear to be living in the age of A.I. Anyone who isn’t worried about its impact on their job isn’t…
kimbellard.medium.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
We don't usually think about accountants or actuaries when we think about AI, but we're going to have to.
H/T @leeharris.ft.com Christina Criddle Martin Anderson Jonathan Weil
kimbellard.medium.com/revenge-of-t...
H/T @leeharris.ft.com Christina Criddle Martin Anderson Jonathan Weil
kimbellard.medium.com/revenge-of-t...
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"In 2025, America built fewer homes per 100,000 people than it did in 2005, 1995, 1985 or 1975."
"...the hard problem at the heart of housing politics: It’s the people who already have homes who have a voice in local politics and planning."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
"In 2025, America built fewer homes per 100,000 people than it did in 2005, 1995, 1985 or 1975."
"...the hard problem at the heart of housing politics: It’s the people who already have homes who have a voice in local politics and planning."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | America’s Housing Crisis, in One Chart
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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"In 2025, America built fewer homes per 100,000 people than it did in 2005, 1995, 1985 or 1975."
"...the hard problem at the heart of housing politics: It’s the people who already have homes who have a voice in local politics and planning."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
"In 2025, America built fewer homes per 100,000 people than it did in 2005, 1995, 1985 or 1975."
"...the hard problem at the heart of housing politics: It’s the people who already have homes who have a voice in local politics and planning."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
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In a U.S. First, New Mexico Opens Doors to Free Child Care for All
In a U.S. First, New Mexico Opens Doors to Free Child Care for All
The state aims to give children a better start, but faces supply and staffing concerns.
www.wsj.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Are you f$%^ing kidding me? 😡
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Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Are you f$%^ing kidding me? 😡
@gracecordovano.bsky.social @stacyhurt.bsky.social @thelizarmy.bsky.social @epatientdave.bsky.social
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@gracecordovano.bsky.social @stacyhurt.bsky.social @thelizarmy.bsky.social @epatientdave.bsky.social
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AI won’t succeed unless foundational infrastructure is modernised, safety risks are fixed. Survey >1,000 frontline clinicians: 98% say outdated systems cause patient-care & safety issues; 89% say they occur regularly; 24% report incidents at least once per shift. www.hipaajournal.com/healthcare-o...
Healthcare’s Reliance on Outdated IT Putting Patient Safety and Cybersecurity at Risk
Outdated systems are causing healthcare professionals to lose hours each week, impacting patient care, organizational performance, efficiency, and A survey of frontline healthcare professionals has co...
www.hipaajournal.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Anyone surprised? Anyone? 😑
"We grumble but mostly have accepted these (and other) losses of privacy. But when it comes to the possibility of technology reading our thoughts, much less directly manipulating them, we cannot afford to keep dithering."
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If You Could Read My Mind — Wait, You Can?
Over the years, one area of tech/health tech I have avoided writing about are brain-computer interfaces (B.C.I.). In part, it was because…
medium.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"We grumble but mostly have accepted these (and other) losses of privacy. But when it comes to the possibility of technology reading our thoughts, much less directly manipulating them, we cannot afford to keep dithering."
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Paradromics received regulatory approval to test its BCI device in a small clinical trial to assess its safety and efficacy. www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/f...
FDA approves Paradromics’ brain-computer interface trial for speech restoration
Paradromics received regulatory approval to test its BCI device in a small clinical trial to assess its safety and efficacy.
www.statnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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No one likes prior authorization review. But could we get rid of it? My new column: www.kff.org/from-drew-al...
Why We Are Stuck with Prior Authorization Review
Prior authorization review frustrates patients and physicians, but we likely can’t just eliminate it. In his new column, President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman discusses why, and why the focus is now inste...
www.kff.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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This is not about crafting good regulation, it is about control of laws by big tech who bought a coin-op president. Also Congress already rejected this www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump administration drafts an executive order regulating state AI laws
The draft executive order, according to a person familiar with the matter, would try to block states from enacting their own laws regulating AI.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
People in the GOP either are ignorant of how insurance works -- and how health care spending is distributed -- or they simply don't care bout sick people. Take your pick.
It's infuriating either way.
It's infuriating either way.
November 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
People in the GOP either are ignorant of how insurance works -- and how health care spending is distributed -- or they simply don't care bout sick people. Take your pick.
It's infuriating either way.
It's infuriating either way.
Amen. 👍
It's time for healthcare providers to think about engaging in "good trouble."
AMA Code of Ethics Preamble states: "In some cases, the law mandates conduct that is ethically unacceptable.... In exceptional circumstances of unjust laws, ethical responsibilities should supersede legal duties."
AMA Code of Ethics Preamble states: "In some cases, the law mandates conduct that is ethically unacceptable.... In exceptional circumstances of unjust laws, ethical responsibilities should supersede legal duties."
It's not safe to be pregnant in Texas. Especially since everyone knew this would be the result of an abortion ban.
But also, let's not forget - one of the 90+ doctors could have averted this. They are not off the hook just because Texas's law caused this.
But also, let's not forget - one of the 90+ doctors could have averted this. They are not off the hook just because Texas's law caused this.
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Amen. 👍
Unbelievable. 😟
2025 … good year to analyze who gets rewarded and who gets punished and for what and why…
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Unbelievable. 😟
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The science of consciousness
Through the MIT Consciousness Club, professors Matthias Michel and Earl Miller are exploring how neurological activity gives rise to human experience.
news.mit.edu/2025/science...
#neuroscience
Through the MIT Consciousness Club, professors Matthias Michel and Earl Miller are exploring how neurological activity gives rise to human experience.
news.mit.edu/2025/science...
#neuroscience
The science of consciousness
The MIT Consciousness Club, led by professors Matthias Michel and Earl Miller, explores how neurological activity gives rise to human experience.
news.mit.edu
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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If you care about privacy - and these days you really should - then you definitely should be paying attention to the privacy of our neural data.
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If You Could Read My Mind — Wait, You Can?
Over the years, one area of tech/health tech I have avoided writing about are brain-computer interfaces (B.C.I.). In part, it was because…
medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If you care about privacy - and these days you really should - then you definitely should be paying attention to the privacy of our neural data.
@wyden.senate.gov @daniellecitron.bsky.social @wbm312.bsky.social @gracecordovano.bsky.social @greatdismal.bsky.social
medium.com/@kimbellard/...
@wyden.senate.gov @daniellecitron.bsky.social @wbm312.bsky.social @gracecordovano.bsky.social @greatdismal.bsky.social
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As HHS secretary, RFK Jr. has pledged to pursue gold-standard science, preserve access to vaccines, and insist on radical transparency in policymaking.
Here is our examination of his tenure to date:
www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r... via @statnews.com
Here is our examination of his tenure to date:
www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r... via @statnews.com
How RFK Jr., America's celebrity health secretary, is steamrolling science
RFK Jr. is plowing ahead with sweeping changes to U.S. health care that have thrilled supporters, purged opponents, and horrified critics.
www.statnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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In the digital era, we've been fighting -- and, for the most part, losing -- many battles about privacy, but none may be more important than the current one for our neural data.
@downing.bsky.social @healthblawg.bsky.social @fredtrotter.bsky.social
kimbellard.medium.com/if-you-could...
@downing.bsky.social @healthblawg.bsky.social @fredtrotter.bsky.social
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If You Could Read My Mind — Wait, You Can?
Over the years, one area of tech/health tech I have avoided writing about are brain-computer interfaces (B.C.I.). In part, it was because…
kimbellard.medium.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
In the digital era, we've been fighting -- and, for the most part, losing -- many battles about privacy, but none may be more important than the current one for our neural data.
@downing.bsky.social @healthblawg.bsky.social @fredtrotter.bsky.social
kimbellard.medium.com/if-you-could...
@downing.bsky.social @healthblawg.bsky.social @fredtrotter.bsky.social
kimbellard.medium.com/if-you-could...
That is so cool.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
That is so cool.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
Technology has been eroding our privacy faster than our legislation/ regulation has been able to respond, but now we're at the point when our thoughts and feelings may soon not be private. We must draw the line.
H/T Linda Kinstler @hkt52.bsky.social
kimbellard.medium.com/if-you-could...
H/T Linda Kinstler @hkt52.bsky.social
kimbellard.medium.com/if-you-could...
If You Could Read My Mind — Wait, You Can?
Over the years, one area of tech/health tech I have avoided writing about are brain-computer interfaces (B.C.I.). In part, it was because…
kimbellard.medium.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Technology has been eroding our privacy faster than our legislation/ regulation has been able to respond, but now we're at the point when our thoughts and feelings may soon not be private. We must draw the line.
H/T Linda Kinstler @hkt52.bsky.social
kimbellard.medium.com/if-you-could...
H/T Linda Kinstler @hkt52.bsky.social
kimbellard.medium.com/if-you-could...