Joshua Sharfstein: Policy and Health

Howie and Harlan are joined by Joshua Sharfstein, a longtime public health official in federal, state, and local government, to discuss the state of the opioid epidemic, lessons from the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, and our readiness for a bird flu outbreak. Harlan reports on the summer surge in COVID-19; Howie remembers his mentor Gail Wilensky, a health economist who directed Medicaid and Medicare programs and led many other organizations over a 50-year career.
Links:
COVID-19 Update
CDC: COVID Data Tracker (covid.cdc.gov/...)
CDC: COVID-19 Current Wastewater Viral Activity Levels Map (www.cdc.gov/nw...)
“What to Know About COVID FLiRT Variants” (publichealth.j...)
Joshua Sharfstein
Joshua Sharfstein: The Public Health Crisis Survival Guide: Leadership and Management in Trying Times (academic.oup.c...)
Joshua Sharfstein: The Opioid Epidemic: What everyone needs to know” (global.oup.com...)
“How Can Over-the-Counter Naloxone Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths?” (www.yalemedici...)
CDC: H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation (www.cdc.gov/bi...) “Millions of US Children Experience Range of Long COVID Effects” (jamanetwork.co...)
Joshua Sharfstein: “The Role for Policy in AI-Assisted Medical Diagnosis” (jamanetwork.co...) “External Validation of a Widely Implemented Proprietary Sepsis Prediction Model in Hospitalized Patients” (jamanetwork.co...)
“Epic’s overhaul of a flawed algorithm shows why AI oversight is a life-or-death issue” (www.statnews.c...)
Podcast: “Baltimore cut infant mortality and helped moms thrive, too” (www.bcbs.com/t...)
Remembering Gail Wilensky
“In Remembrance Of Gail Wilensky” (www.healthaffa...)
“Gail Wilensky, Former CMS Administrator, Dies at 81” (www.healthaffa...)
“In Memoriam: Gail Wilensky, Renowned Health Economist & NORC Trustee” (www.norc.org/r...) Gail Wilensky: “The Health Care Quality Improvement Initiative” (jamanetwork.co...)
Learn more about the MBA for Executives program at Yale SOM (som.yale.edu/p...) .
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