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COVID-19

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  • Why Primary Care Can Make COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution More Successful

    Blog Post

    Why Primary Care Can Make COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution More Successful

    December 2020 Rebecca Weintraub, MD Christopher F. Koller Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH

    If it weren’t for the annual reminder from our primary care offices, how many of us would get our flu shots? In a new Milbank blog post, Ariadne Labs’ Rebecca Weintraub and Asaf Bitton and the Milbank Memorial Fund’s Christopher F. Koller say that these nudges — and the trust we have in our primary care clinicians — should inform how federal, state, and local governments plan for an effective distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine. More

  • Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Older Adults: From Screening to Structural Change

    Blog Post

    Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Older Adults: From Screening to Structural Change

    November 2020 Carrie Henning-Smith

    The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated risks for isolation and loneliness, especially for older adults who face heightened risks from the virus and who are more likely to live alone. More

  • Three Northeastern States Commit to Coordinating on COVID-19 Testing Guidance

    News Article

    Three Northeastern States Commit to Coordinating on COVID-19 Testing Guidance

    November 2020

    Delaware, New Jersey, and Rhode Island announced last week a commitment to a common framework for COVID-19 testing for high-risk, asymptomatic residents and for financing this testing. More

  • Maintaining Strategic Vision During COVID-19: A Conversation with Public Sector Leaders

    Blog Post

    Maintaining Strategic Vision During COVID-19: A Conversation with Public Sector Leaders

    October 2020 Erica Brown

    As part of the Public Sector Leadership Consortium’s Leadership Forward podcast series, I recently spoke with LaQuandra Nesbitt, MD, MPH, director of the District of Columbia Department of Health, and Suzanne Bierman, JD, MPH, administrator of the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy for the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, to discuss how they have remained focused on a long-term vision throughout COVID-19 and used strategic communications and other approaches to advance that vision. More

  • Lessons from State COVID-19 Policy Narratives

    Blog Post

    Lessons from State COVID-19 Policy Narratives

    October 2020 Michael Mintrom Ruby O'Connor

    What role has storytelling played in the successes and failures of state government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic? In an article published… More

  • Strong Primary Care Could Help the US Prevent a Twindemic

    Blog Post

    Strong Primary Care Could Help the US Prevent a Twindemic

    October 2020 Christopher F. Koller

    Yul Ejnes is worried. A primary care doctor in Providence, Rhode Island, he and his team have done all they could in the wake of COVID: shutting down… More

  • Resiliency During COVID-19: A Conversation with Public Sector Leaders

    Blog Post

    Resiliency During COVID-19: A Conversation with Public Sector Leaders

    September 2020 Erica Brown

    As part of the Public Sector Leadership Consortium’s new Leadership Forward series, Erica Brown, program officer at the Milbank Memorial Fund, recently spoke with Jami Snyder, director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System and Kody Kinsley, deputy secretary for behavioral health and intellectual and developmental disabilities for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, to discuss leadership strategies they implemented to fortify themselves and their staff during the pandemic. More

  • Supporting the Critical Role of Primary Care in the COVID-19 Response

    Blog Post

    Supporting the Critical Role of Primary Care in the COVID-19 Response

    August 2020 David Labby Jennifer DeVoe Andrew Morris-Singer Cat Livingston

    This is the moment for payers and policymakers to invest in collectively strengthening primary care and community health organizations, say David Labby, founding Chief Medical Officer of Health Share of Oregon, and colleagues in this blog post. More

  • Federal Support for Primary Care Could Stimulate the Economy and Promote Long-Term Health

    Blog Post

    Federal Support for Primary Care Could Stimulate the Economy and Promote Long-Term Health

    August 2020 Melinda K. Abrams Christopher F. Koller

    Future federal COVID-19 recovery and stimulus efforts—whether new funds or allocation of existing ones—should prioritize primary care practices, their workforce, and the patients they serve. More

  • Beating the Coronavirus Will Require Inspiration—Not Just Charity, Guile, and Dreams

    Blog Post

    Beating the Coronavirus Will Require Inspiration—Not Just Charity, Guile, and Dreams

    July 2020

    The practice of public health bumps along in heroic obscurity—its practitioners resigned to a lack of attention and respect compared to their life-rescuing medical care siblings—until suddenly it doesn’t. More