Wednesday, March 8, 2023 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Dear
John,
On March 16, please join author Thomas Dobbs, Dean of the John D. Bower School of Population Health at the University of Mississippi’s Medical Center, for a detailed discussion about how Mississippi managed intensive care cases during COVID-19 surges.
Several papers in the March issue focus on lessons for public health policy and practice arising from the COVID-19 pandemic experience in the US.
COVID-19 stressed the public health system, while also demonstrating its importance. This cluster of articles examines the relationship between public health and medical care, the legal
framework for public health interventions, and infrastructure needs ranging from personnel to laboratories to financing, and more.
The authors find that the lack of cohesion between these two systems,
which each evolved separately over the past 200 years, hindered COVID-19 surveillance, transmission containment, and care of those who were infected.
The authors also recognize how this lack of coordination contributes to health disparities, noting "the inability to easily identify COVID-19 outbreaks uniquely penalized residents of minority communities."
Bourdeaux and coauthors argue for improvements in diagnostic capacity, modernization of data and surveillance systems, and better referral pathways from public health to medical care.
Today in Forefront, Alexander Gajewski and James Gajewski discuss a new way to fund graduate medical education: reimbursement for teaching time with strict rules for how this revenue must be
spent.
Judith (Judy) Heumann, an internationally recognized disability advocate, died this past Saturday. She was 75 years old.
Heumann, who contracted polio as a small child, remained a quadriplegic throughout her life. Her career as an activist began immediately, as she and her family fought to enroll her in elementary school, amid concerns that her wheelchair could cause a safety hazard during emergencies. Heumann came into the national spotlight in 1977, when she organized a demonstration to pressure the federal government to enforce legislation outlawing discrimination against disabled people in federally funded institutions.
Heumann later served in both the Clinton and Obama administrations, and held positions as an advisor, fellow, or board member for a wide array of national and international organizations.
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