The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Highlighted a Severe Healthcare Staffing Shortage
Ratna H. The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted a severe healthcare staffing shortage. Harvard Public Health Review. 2021; 27. Abstract The Problem: The COVID-19 pandemic has successfully highlighted the shortcomings within the U.S. healthcare system. Purpose of Article: To address healthcare staffing shortages. If no attempt to address healthcare staffing issues is made, then the U.S. healthcare system […]
The Impact of Political Affiliation on Compliance with Shelter-in-place Orders: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis with County and Time Fixed Effects
Chopra C. The impact of political affiliation on compliance with shelter-in-place orders: A difference-in-difference analysis with county and time fixed effects. Harvard Public Health Review. 2021; 27. Abstract Background In late March 2020, state and local governments across the country issued shelter-in-place directives to slow the spread of COVID-19. However, divergent messages from political parties […]
Clinical Environmental Stewardship Amidst the COVID-19 Era: Ethical Considerations and Reformative Solutions
Vasdev R, Schoephorster J, Nath C, Gathman T. Clinical environmental stewardship amidst the COVID-19 era: ethical considerations and reformative solutions. Harvard Public Health Review. 2021; 26. The unprecedented strain that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has put on our hospital system has led to irreversible environmental consequences related to municipal waste management (Kulkarni and Anantharama, 2020). […]
Purdue Pharma and OxyContin – A Commercial Success But Public Health Disaster
Correspondence: Ronald Chow, rcchow@mgh.harvard.edu Chow R. Purdue Pharma and OxyContin – A Commercial Success But Public Health Disaster. Harvard Public Health Review. 2021; 28. Introduction Over the past two decades, nearly half a million Americans have died from opioid overdoses1,2. This ongoing opioid crisis in the United States began in 1999, with the increased […]
Malaria in 1988: My Mother’s Fevered Baby
Tawney R. Malaria in 1988: My Mother’s Fevered Baby. Harvard Public Health Review. 2021; 30. Covid-19’s continuing global spread has reminded humankind of its own vulnerability toward diseases, no matter their origin. Until recently, viruses were deemed a minimal threat to Americans and mostly harmful to people of impoverished nations. In fact, diseases are […]
Preventing Pandemics and Containing Disease: A Proposed Symptoms-Based Syndromic Surveillance System
Schmid A. Preventing πandemics and containing disease: a proposed symptoms-based syndromic surveillance system. Harvard Public Health Review. 2021; 27. Abstract Several disease surveillance systems are in place to track rises in disease incidence; however, the current global landscape concerning the spread of COVID-19 has demonstrated our lack of ability to stop the spread of disease […]
Why the Hero Narrative is Problematic for Health Care Workers Like Me
Azam Z. Why the hero narrative is problematic for health care workers like me. Harvard Public Health Review. 2021; 27. CAC Foreman 8th floor. Rapid response Klau 4. The voice in my head is the voice that comes overhead every few seconds. As a first year internal medicine resident in New York City, the physical […]
Is it Time for Artificial Intelligence to Invade Personal Privacy, for Pandemic Control?
Correspondence: Ronald Chow, rcchow@mgh.harvard.edu Chow R. Is it Time for Artificial Intelligence to Invade Personal Privacy, for Pandemic Control?. Harvard Public Health Review. 2020; 28. Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI), specifically machine-learning, provides techniques to uncover complex associations that would normally not be resolved from simple computer algorithms/equations. In medicine, the introduction of AI systems have […]
Political Affiliation and Human Mobility Under Stay-at-Home Orders: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis with County and Time Fixed Effects
Prasad S, Hswen Y. Political affiliation and human mobility under stay-at-home orders: a difference-in-difference analysis with county and time fixed effects. Harvard Public Health Review. 2020; 26. Abstract Background. In late March 2020, state and local governments across the country issued stay-at-home directives to slow the spread of COVID-19. However, divergent messages from political parties […]
Communication as a Tool for Addressing Racial Disparity: Reflections from the COVID ICU
Staub S. Communication as a tool for addressing racial disparity: reflections from the COVID ICU. Harvard Public Health Review. 2021; 26. It was early in the afternoon when Mr. G was transferred to our intensive care unit (ICU) for hypoxia and an increasing oxygen requirement. SARS-CoV-2 positivity was a given. At the time, our state […]
