Yeganeh Alimohammadi, Kirankumar Shiragur, Ramesh Johari, David Scheinker, Kevin Schulman, and Kristan Staudenmayer, Stanford University Contact: kristans@stanford.edu School Safety: Absolute Vs. Relative Risk The COVID pandemic has disrupted the lives and education of the children all over the world. Returning children to in-person school has become a national priority under President Biden. The opening … Read More
Aman Kabra and Ashish Sachdeva, Indian School of Business, and Ami Sheth, Ontario Health Contact: ashish_sachdeva@isb.edu India Needs to Overcome Challenges that Could Limit Uptake of COVID Vaccines Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Currently, India has the second-highest number of confirmed cases globally, … Read More
Jianhong Wu, Biao Tang, Yanni Xiao, Sanyi Tang, Aria Ahmad, James Orbinski, York University, Xi’an Jiaotong University, and Shaanxi Normal University Contact: orbinski@yorku.ca All Countries are Attempting to Mitigate COVID-19, but with Varying Success The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented mitigation policies designed to identify, contain, control, and prevent outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 infection. … Read More
Paul Clyde, University of Michigan, and Fred Matovu, Chrispus Mayora, and Peter Waiswa, Makerere University Contact: pclyde@umich.edu “Part of the challenge here is that we’ve lost the nuance. Some people are saying this is a hoax, it’s fake, it’s not serious. Other people may be saying it’s the worst thing in the world, a … Read More
Vikrum Malhotra MD, Avni Thakore MD, Monika Minhas, Manpreet Kaur Contact: vikrum.malhotra@gmail.com The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the healthcare industry to confront extraordinary challenges. Healthcare providers have endured shortages in medical supplies, protective equipment, and market instability. Nonetheless, amid the crisis, strong public health measures, physical distancing, and transitioning to online services has provided reassurance … Read More
Stephen Lewis, MD, MHCDS, and Bryan Spear, MBA, MHA Contact: Stephen.lewis1972@gmail.com Predictable Surprises Max Bazerman and Michael Watkins [1] defined the term predictable surprise as the disasters that organizations should see coming. They note organizations routinely fail to take one or more of three key steps in avoiding predictable surprises: recognition, prioritization, and mobilization. The … Read More
Chirantan Chatterjee, IIM Ahmedabad and Hoover Institution, Stanford, and Aditya Bansal, Indian Institute of Technology Contact: chirantanc@iima.ac.in Academic Campuses Face Major Risks of COVID Infections As academic campuses worldwide consider reopening, they fear becoming the next hotspots for super spreader events during COVID-19 due to their nature as small worlds of closely interacting people. [1] … Read More
Jimmy J. Qian, Stanford University School of Medicine, Khashayar Nattagh, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, and Robert Pearl, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine and Graduate School of Business, Stanford University Contact: jimmyqian@stanford.edu Mental Health Also Requires A Flatter Curve Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians and policymakers have focused efforts on “flattening … Read More
Andrea Jonas, MD, Rebeca A. Aslakson, MD, PhD, Meghan Ramsey, MD, Kristan Staudenmeyer, MD, Arthur Sung, MD, Jenny Wilson, MD MSc, Angela Rogers, MD, MPH, Stanford University Contact: Andrea Jonas andreajonas@stanford.edu Creating a Critical Care Task Force: Meeting an Urgent Need In early March 2020, the growing number of COVID-19 cases in Santa Clara County … Read More
Aaron Baird and William Olivera, Georgia State University Health Information is Valuable but Difficult to Share The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is in the early stages of offering a COVID-19 electronic case reporting application. This application is meant to help health care providers more easily connect to public health agencies and submit reports … Read More
