MedCity News November 3, 2023
Changes in HHS structure, along with well-funded and staffed partners at the state, local, tribal and territorial levels, may prove helpful for success during future public health emergencies and can help earn and maintain the public’s trust.
“We shape our buildings,” Winston Churchill once said, “and afterwards our buildings shape us.” The same could be said of an organization’s structure and its ongoing impact on members of the public, grantees, community organizations, employees, and many others. The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS’) performance during the Covid-19 pandemic was heavily scrutinized amidst the expiration of the public health emergency earlier this year. Even before the expiration the White House announced the resignation of the Center for Disease Control and...