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The COVID-19 Disruption and the Global Health Challenge
1st Edition - October 27, 2023
Authors: Vincenzo Atella, Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo
Paperback ISBN:
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The COVID-19 Disruption and the Global Health Dilemma provides an historical accounting of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic through the eyes of the largest pubic health… Read more
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The COVID-19 Disruption and the Global Health Dilemma provides an historical accounting of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic through the eyes of the largest pubic health system in the United States, one that served the hardest hit neighborhoods in New York City. The book offers a roadmap to guide healthcare systems and their providers in the event of future pandemics. Readers will learn from healthcare providers at the epicenter of the pandemic in New York City about surge staffing and level loading, along with tips from the ED and ICUs on how to respond to an unprecedented influx of inpatients.
- Provides historical context of the COVID-19 response by NYC Health + Hospitals
- Covers how to respond to mass influx of patients and sustained crisis over a year+
- Presents information on standing up genomic sequencing
Healthcare Providers, Emergency Managers, Healthcare Leadership, Public Health Practitioners; Anyone interested in the COVID-19 Pandemic Response
1. The history of the largest public health system in the United States 2. Standing up the Emergency Response at the Epicenter of the Epicenter 3. Emergency Departments Spring into Action 4. As the Crisis Shifted to the Intensive Care Units 5. Bringing key players together, standing up incident command and communicating with everyone 6. The iterations of patient movement throughout the surge 7. Supply Chain and PPE, the Wave One Dilemma 8. Surge Staffing During a Vendor Provider Shortage 9. Fatality Management During the Worst Crisis of Our Lifetime 10. Fine Tuning the Surge Plan 11. The Invaluable Laboratory Response 12. Situational Awareness, Going from Flying Blind to Eyes on it All 13. IT – Coordinating the Technology Infrastructure of the System 14. Donations were a Full Time Job 15. Correctional Health Response to COVID-19 16. Alternate Care Sites Including Hoteling, a New Path in a Massive Surge Response 17. Behavioral Health and COVID-19 18. Keeping Track of it All 19. Testing and Tracing in the "World’s Capital" 20. Vaccinations - the Road to Normalcy and the Race Against the Variants 21. Wellness and Helping Healers Heal during the biggest crisis of our lifetime 22. The Future of the Public Health Systems
- No. of pages: 400
- Language: English
- Published: October 27, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443185762
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Vincenzo Atella
Vincenzo Atella is Professor of Economics at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” where he teaches courses in Macroeconomics and Applied Health Economics at graduate and post graduate level. He is also adjunct associate of the Center for Health Policy at Stanford University where he has been visiting professor several times, Scientific Director of the Farmafactoring Foundation, and past President of the Italian Health Economic Association (AIES). He has coordinated several European projects and received financial support by the European Science Foundation. His research activity focuses on applied economics with special emphasis in the health care sector. The results of his research activity have been published on several international refereed journals as well books.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Economics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, ItalyPS
Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo
Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo, Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, is Senior Fellow and Board Member of the Economics Foundation at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, President of the Italian Association of Development Economists, and of the Villa Mondragone Development Association, and Chairman of OpenEconomics, a university spin off focusing on cost benefit analysis and policy impact evaluation. He has widely published on a variety of topics on economic development. Formerly a holder of several academic and government positions, he is presently advising the World Bank and other international institutions on the evaluation of policies of sustainable development.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Fellow and Board Member, Economics Foundation, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy