Im noticing a trend to just stop tracking the data if it doesnt fit the agenda.
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"Libs of TikToc" you cant make these up. Talk about selectively your own agenda.
When you can't dispute the facts, dispute the source. You want me to find someone else reporting it?
Hospitals within the Mass General Brigham system will now require written consent before conducting a drug test on the expectant mother or infant, in most cases
By Staff Reports • Published April 3, 2024 •Updated on April 3, 2024 at 10:27 am
The Mass General Brigham Hospital system is making a major change and it will impact their youngest patients.The hospital will no longer report suspected abuse or neglect to the state solely if a newborn baby tests positive for drugs after birth.
Instead, hospitals will now require written consent before conducting a drug test on the expectant mother or infant, in most cases.
Mass General Brigham said the move is to address the "racial and ethnic inequities" present in healthcare, adding that substance abuse disorder in the context of pregnancy more "disproportionately affects Black individuals."
Mass General Brigham changing infant neglect report policy
The Mass General Brigham Hospital system is making a major change and it will impact their youngest patients. The hospital will no longer report suspected abuse or neglect to the state solely if a newborn baby tests positive for drugs after birth. Instead, hospitals will now require written...
www.nbcboston.com
Maybe.
It's kinda like saying, "STOP THE COUNT" when all votes aren't yet counted.
Or like saying "if we stop testing right now we'd have fewer Covid cases."
You do realize that is inevitably what happened for Biden and covid right?
My objection is the trend to stop counting data when we don't like it.
Or worse yet, straight up falsely it.
The wife, who works for DHS, says it’s still done routinely. At least in the Linn County area. She said her team had 7 assessments in the past two weeks on newborns. All for ThC.
I wish Polk County would go back to testing all babies. Now they only test if there is a suspicion of use.
All they do is posts what’s there. Any valid argument against the actual content or are you just settling for deflection?
All they do is post slanted half stories to fit their political agenda. They still report if there are signs of abuse but a number of reports have been from people taking treatment drugs.
These Massachusetts hospitals won't automatically file neglect reports for babies born with drugs in their systems
Mass General Brigham said babies born with “substance exposure” alone will no longer be reported to welfare agencies unless there are concerns.
www.boston.com
Mass General Brigham said babies born with “substance exposure” alone will no longer be immediately reported to state welfare agencies unless there are other concerns the baby is abused or neglected. People can be treated with methadone or buprenorphine for opioid use disorder, which can be prescribed during pregnancy.
Wow.
We years ago modified our data system just to ensure that referrals to Early Steps were made for those kids (NAS).
Sad for their developmental prospects if it’s just going to be ignored.
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In what manner do you regard NAS as not abusive? Child welfare is going to find out if the people are in treatment.
NAS may lead to long-term health and development problems, including hearing and vision problems and problems with learning and behavior.
This is removing a window for the parent and the kid to get treatment.
For what exactly?
There's the actual policy and whether it's a good idea, and then their stated reasoning.Hospitals within the Mass General Brigham system will now require written consent before conducting a drug test on the expectant mother or infant, in most cases
By Staff Reports • Published April 3, 2024 •Updated on April 3, 2024 at 10:27 am
The Mass General Brigham Hospital system is making a major change and it will impact their youngest patients.
The hospital will no longer report suspected abuse or neglect to the state solely if a newborn baby tests positive for drugs after birth.
Instead, hospitals will now require written consent before conducting a drug test on the expectant mother or infant, in most cases.
Mass General Brigham said the move is to address the "racial and ethnic inequities" present in healthcare, adding that substance abuse disorder in the context of pregnancy more "disproportionately affects Black individuals."
Mass General Brigham changing infant neglect report policy
The Mass General Brigham Hospital system is making a major change and it will impact their youngest patients. The hospital will no longer report suspected abuse or neglect to the state solely if a newborn baby tests positive for drugs after birth. Instead, hospitals will now require written...
The reasoning cited in the article raises some red-flags.
(Was the testing considered to be useful... but they had to stop because it was disproportionately affecting one race over the other? What's the logic there, why should race matter?)
Florida doesn’t require it by law, but physicians who suspect it can test for it in order to treat. If discovered it’s mandatory to report.
But DCF is going to try and get mom and kid treated, unless this is her Nth time popping out a drug addicted baby, in which case they step in to protect the child’s prospects.
Their goal is still to reunite except in extreme cases, cause they usually don’t have places for these kids to go besides a relative.
The article is incredibly brief, and doesn’t explain the exception of ‘most cases’, and how the hospital actually avoids any mandatory reporter requirements.
The stated reason:
Mass General Brigham said the move is to address the "racial and ethnic inequities" present in healthcare, adding that substance abuse disorder in the context of pregnancy more "disproportionately affects Black individuals."
is perverse logic, because it acknowledges a “disproportionate number of Black individuals” are going to miss treatment and developmental opportunities.
You can use LibsOfTikTok as a lead, but you have to do a bit of research on your own to vet the claims.
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