Free, public tool identifies COVID-19 “vaccine deserts” and helps public health leaders plan for how to equitably deliver the vaccine to the remaining U.S. population lacking access.
COVID-19 has affected the way hospitals and health care systems function in nearly every capacity. With the ability to enact change at a system level, health care administrators have a critical role to play in ensuring that systems are in place to provide patients with high quality care while protecting workers on the front lines. As the COVID-19 landscape continues to evolve, administrators will be key in helping systems adapt to new challenges and demands on resources.
Experts from Ariadne Labs have developed resources to support administrators in developing and enacting policies aligned with expert opinion and the available latest evidence. Topics include appropriate conservation of personal protective equipment, triage surgical procedures, visitation policies, and human resource contingency plans for health systems bracing for a patient surge.
Resources
The Global Mass Vaccination Site Collaborative
An Essential Network to Support 200 Million Vaccinations in 100 Days The speed of development and evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines has far exceeded expectations, but many leaders face ongoing uncertainty in delivering...
World Journal of Surgery: The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ariadne Labs and Lifebox on adapting the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist during COVID-19.
Rapid Onboarding Toolkit
This toolkit can can support leaders
developing or strengthening a rapid onboarding program in departments or hospitals.
COVID-19 Vaccine Predictor
The Center for Global Development and Ariadne Labs have created a tool to estimate vaccine success in a variety of scenarios.
COVID-19 and the Momentum for Better Maternal Health Care
This report is intended to provide a road map for health systems leaders to select where to invest in the near term to help bring these systems changes into reality.
Vaccine Allocation Planner for COVID-19
When COVID-19 vaccines become available in the US, states will need to allocate them to their highest priority populations. The Vaccine Allocation Planner for COVID-19 helps state and county decision prepare for...
Parabola Project: Tools and Strategies for Reopening Schools
The Parabola Project offers education leaders tools and strategies to minimize health risks while maximizing learning when reopening schools. Ariadne Labs and The Learning Accelerator launched the Parabola Project to...
Annals of Surgery: Critical Considerations for Reopening Scheduled Surgical Care in the Setting of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tools for approaching surgical reopening and successful triage.
Rapid Onboarding for Redeployed Clinicians: What Matters to Them? A Research Brief for System Leaders
By Susan Haas MD, MS and Rachel Smith MS, PA-C The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has led to redeployment of thousands of U.S. clinicians to treat patients using new or updated skills and practicing in unfamiliar locations of the...
Resource: Supporting Strong Primary Health Care During the Pandemic
The Primary Health Care Performance Initiative (PHCPI) has developed a suite of materials and tools to support primary health care systems during the pandemic
Exemplars: Emerging COVID-19 Success Story: South Korea Learned the Lessons of MERS
Dr. June-Ho Kim and colleagues are featured by Exemplars of Global Health for their research on South Korea's response to COVID-19.
Global Learnings from Japan: The Japanese Health System Response During COVID-19
By Ariadne Labs’ Community Mitigation Global Learnings team.
Serious Illness Care Program COVID-19 Response Toolkit
(Updated June 9, 2020 with Long-Term Care Resources) Conversations between patients and clinicians about what matters most lead to higher quality care and improved quality of life for patients and those who care for...
BU School of Public Health: Community Health Centers Face Telehealth Hurdles
An article on a new commentary published in Health Affairs by Ariadne Labs and BU School of Public Health researchers.
NEJM Catalyst: How South Korea Responded to the Covid-19 Outbreak in Daegu
Our Global Response team on the strategic and comprehensive approach to the coronavirus pandemic and how it helped South Korea achieve a relatively low rate of infection within hospitals.
Webinar: Alliance for Health Policy – The Changing Landscape of Primary Care
Dr. Asaf Bitton joined the Alliance for Health Policy’s webinar on May 20, 2020 to discuss the changes in primary care that have come and will come about because of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Overview: Primary...
Global Learnings from South Korea: Protecting Health Care Workers From COVID-19
By Ariadne Labs’ Community Mitigation Global Learnings team.
COVID-19 Crisis Mode: Building Resilience
As COVID-19 strains the US health care system, caring for the mental health and resilience of front line health care workers is paramount especially to minimize moral injury and burnout. This guide provides strategies...
Health Systems & Reform: National Response to COVID-19 in the Republic of Korea and Lessons Learned for Other Countries
New research describes the main strategies undertaken and selected facilitators and challenges in order to identify transferable lessons for other countries working to control the spread and impact of COVID-19
Redesigning Hospital Spaces on the Fly to Protect Healthcare Workers
A collaboration between MASS Design Group and Ariadne Labs. Across the world urban hospitals are scrambling to convert and repurpose space on the fly. We drew from the Ebola experience in Africa, real-time insights from...
Tackling the COVID-19 Human Resource Emergency
An outline of important principles that may help organizations guide the formulation of human resource contingency plans should a surge of critically ill patients occur in your specific institution.
Perspectives
News
MedPage Today: Patients Want COVID Shot From Their Primary Care Docs
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub on vaccine deserts and vaccination as a "family event."
Reuters: Not taking it: Remote West Texas COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy plain to see
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub on the key role of local physicians and leaders in reducing vaccine hesitancy.
News Channel 5: The future of COVID-19: What can we expect over the next six months?
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub on herd immunity and hospitalizations in the months to come.
Wall Street Journal: Covid-19 Is Killing Hundreds of Pregnant Women and Babies in Brazil
Dr. Neel Shah comments on the concerning state of maternal care in Brazil.
New York Times: What Would It Take to Vaccinate the World Against Covid?
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub comments on the role of global leaders in the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
Barron’s: J&J’s Vaccine Pause Could Have Ripple Effects for the World
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub in Barron's on vaccine delivery with news of J&J vaccine pause.
Yahoo! News: America is about to hit a ‘vaccine wall’ as demand drops…
Benjy Renton's vaccine data maps featured in Yahoo! News
College Senior’s Efforts to Track COVID-19 Data Leads to Internship
It’s not often that a volunteer project on COVID-19 catches the attention of a national vaccine expert. But there was something exceptional about the consistently informative visualizations tweeted by Middlebury College...
WebMD: Many Grocery Workers Still Waiting for COVID-19 Shot
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub on states' vaccine guidelines and their impact on front-line essential workers.
Al Jazeera: With a surplus looming, how should the US use excess vaccines?
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub remarks on the geopolitical implications of the U.S.'s plans for surplus vaccines.
Politics in Perspective: Vaccine Nationalism
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub explores vaccine nationalism on a podcast from the United Nations Association Youth Platform.
CityBeat: Black Ohioans Are 13% of State Population, but 5.6% of the Vaccine Recipients
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub on how vaccine distribution plans may prioritize efficiency at the expense of equity.
Bloomberg CityLab: What the Post-Pandemic Hospital Might Look Like
Dr. Neel Shah featured in Bloomberg on how U.S. health care could emerge from the pandemic with better, more resilient infrastructure and practices.
Salon: How one tiny country is beating the pandemic and climate change
Salon covers the Atlantic's piece on Bhutan's pandemic response.
New York Times: Primary Care Doctors Are Left Out of the Vaccine Rollout
Dr. Asaf BItton notes the key role of primary care doctors in the effort to reach herd immunity.
The New York Times: Where Do Vaccine Doses Go, and Who Gets Them? The Algorithms Decide
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub comments on the Tiberius vaccine algorithm.
Health Affairs Podcast: What can be done to improve our vaccine rollout?
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub describes lessons learned from past pandemics and vaccine campaigns about the path to successful vaccine delivery.
BBC: What it takes to vaccinate the world
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub joins BBC's Business Daily to discuss worldwide coordination of COVID-19 vaccines.
ABC News: Dr. Atul Gawande on COVID response
Dr. Atul Gawande discusses the need for transparency, learning, and leadership during COVID-19 on ABC's This Week.
NPR: Member Of Biden’s Coronavirus Advisory Board On What Could Be Done To Fight Pandemic
Dr. Atul Gawande on proposals that he hopes to offer.
Harvard Crimson: HSPH Co-Creates Interactive Planning Tool To Aid COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub explains how the Vaccine Allocation Planner for COVID-19 can help leaders prepare for vaccine distribution.
C-SPAN: Discussion on COVID-19 Vaccine Research and Development
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub joins a a virtual discussion on COVID-19 vaccine research and development.
