Beyond 20/20: The Post-COVID Future of Health Care
As devastating as working on the frontlines of the pandemic has been, I am hopeful that it may be a catalyst for positive change.
Health Care Workers
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Read more: Pandemic Lays Bare Shortcomings of Health Care Institutions Pandemic Lays Bare Shortcomings of Health Care Institutions
The institutional shortcomings we had long tolerated and adapted to were laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Read more: Don’t Call Me a Hero: How to Meaningfully Support Health Care Workers Don’t Call Me a Hero: How to Meaningfully Support Health Care Workers
When you feel complicit in such deep structural dysfunction, it is incredibly difficult to feel heroic.
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Read more: The Fourth Wave of COVID-19: The Effects of Trauma on Health Care Workers The Fourth Wave of COVID-19: The Effects of Trauma on Health Care Workers
One year after the start of the pandemic, I fear the end is not in sight. In fact, I believe that we are on the precipice of a fourth wave.
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Read more: How Telehealth Could Improve — or Worsen — Racial Disparities How Telehealth Could Improve — or Worsen — Racial Disparities
While telehealth may be a panacea for access to healthcare, particularly in COVID times, we should be concerned that patients of color may be left behind.
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Read more: Violence Against Health Care Workers: Legislative Responses Violence Against Health Care Workers: Legislative Responses
COVID-19 and other diseases aren’t the only threat to health care workers. Violence in the workplace is a common occurrence and on the rise.
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Read more: The Two Pandemics Facing Asian Americans: COVID-19 and Xenophobia The Two Pandemics Facing Asian Americans: COVID-19 and Xenophobia
During the COVID-19 pandemic, instead of trying to extinguish racist attitudes, the Trump administration has spearheaded ways to “other” Asian Americans.
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Read more: COVID-19 and the ‘Essential’ Yet Underappreciated Front-Line Health Care Worker COVID-19 and the ‘Essential’ Yet Underappreciated Front-Line Health Care Worker
On the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic response, there is an often forgotten workforce that is largely Black and Brown and female.
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Read more: A Quarter of the Work Force: International Medical Graduates and the Lives They Save A Quarter of the Work Force: International Medical Graduates and the Lives They Save
By Wendy S. Salkin On Monday, May 1, 2017, International Workers’ Day, thousands took to the streets across the United States to demonstrate in support of immigrants’ rights in the United States and against immigration policies recently rolled out by President Trump. Among the Presidential Actions taken by President Trump during his first hundred days in…
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Read more: Flu Vaccine Mandates for Health Care Workers Flu Vaccine Mandates for Health Care Workers
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research According to officials, the worst of this year’s devastating flu season should be over in most parts of the country. But in early January, the flu had hit 47 of 50 states. According to the CDC, a total of 78 influenza-associated pediatric deaths have been reported….