MedPage Today February 8, 2021
— Let’s not be taken by surprise next time, group urges
WASHINGTON — Strengthening the supply chain and letting companies communicate more freely are two of the ideas in a report from the Healthcare Leadership Council and other organizations about how to respond to future pandemics and other public health disasters.
“Any public health emergency requires effective collaboration at all levels of government,” said Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, founding director of the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, during an online press conference announcing the report. “We need to complement each other rather than operate on separate tracks that are not well coordinated.” He noted that the report had “significant input from agencies with disaster response responsibilities.” Participants included a number...