Engaging the Private-Sector Health Care System in Building Capacity to Respond to Threats to the Public's Health and National Security

COVID-19: Opportunity to Re-Imagine Our Response to a National Medical Crisis

“…Drawing lessons from the work of the National Academy of Medicine Preparedness Roundtable, investing in a 21 st century NDMS would rapidly accelerate the effort to build upon existing regional systems and healthcare infrastructure. 12 It must be empowered to mobilize and share personnel, resources, patients and financing across health systems and regions during a crisis. It must maintain critical links across industry partners, and be a national focal point for situational awareness, coordination, and leadership.…”

Quality, Safety, and Standards Organizations COVID-19 Impact Assessment: Lessons Learned and Compelling Needs

“…Within the health care sector, multiple organizations and systems compete for business in a market-based system, with little guidance, much less metrics, for cooperation and collaboration during a public health emergency [44].…”

“…Then, when the pandemic is under control, the system should apply those learnings toward the transformation of health care and other sectors to achieve greater equity. For the immediate needs, the CDC outlines certain recommendations for addressing disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as ensuring increased testing, contact tracing, isolation, and disease management in populations more likely to contract COVID-19 [44]. Ideally, data must drill down to the county and neighborhood levels to ensure the equitable distribution of testing, contact tracing, and vaccination.…”