JMIR Publications this week released three News and Perspectives features on the latest digital health news: stories on how informed consent must be rethought for clinical trials involving AI; Canada’s proposed Safe Social Media Act and the Canadian Medical Association’s support; and a promising new autonomous oxygen titration device for health care.

Over 50 experts – clinicians, researchers, policymakers, first responders and representatives from agencies that employ and advocate for them – have reached consensus on the first-ever recommendations for the recognition, diagnosis and management of traumatic brain injury in first responders. The 52 authors agreed to 28 recommendations designed to help first responders, healthcare professionals and agencies work toward five primary goals: timely recognition of traumatic brain injury (TBI), safe recovery, operational readiness, reduced stigma and first responder-centered care. The guidelines apply to law enforcement officers, corrections personnel, firefighters and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) – a group of professionals at high risk for violent interactions, falls and car crashes working in a demanding culture that makes it tough to seek help.

Douglas I. Katz, MD, professor of neurology at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, was honored with the Gold Key award from the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM). The highest honor given by the association, it was established in 1932 as a certificate of merit for members of the medical and allied professions who had rendered extraordinary service to the cause of rehabilitation. The award was recently presented at the annual meeting of ACRM in Washington, D.C.