Preparedness and Response

The Influenza Imperative: An Urgent Need to Leverage Lessons from COVID-19 to Prepare for a Global Response to Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza

by Jenna Ogilvie | Sep 19, 2022 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

    Since December 2019, much of the world’s focus has been on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as it emerged from Wuhan, China and rapidly spread across the world. As of this writing, there were over 570 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally, and...

Digital Health COVID-19 Impact Assessment: Lessons Learned and Compelling Needs

by Jenna Ogilvie | Jan 18, 2022 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >>     Over the last decade, some of the digital technologies that have profoundly transformed industries from banking to media have, at last, arrived in health...

Health Product Manufacturers and Innovators COVID-19 Impact Assessment: Lessons Learned and Compelling Needs

by Jenna Ogilvie | Jan 18, 2022 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >>     ABSTRACT |  United States health care spending consumes nearly a fifth of the GDP [1]. While, in many respects, the U.S. health care system is enviable and...

Crisis Standards of Care and COVID-19: What Did We Learn? How Do We Ensure Equity? What Should We Do?

by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 30, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >>       Introduction COVID-19 has fundamentally challenged the delivery of health care services across the world, forcing difficult choices on health...

Clinicians and Professional Societies COVID-19 Impact Assessment: Lessons Learned and Compelling Needs

by Jenna Ogilvie | May 17, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >>     Introduction Clinicians—who consist of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other allied health professionals involved in direct caregiving—are the...