Abstract In various organizations including hospitals, individuals are not forced to follow specific assignments, and thus, deviations from preferred task assignments are common.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects one in ten people aged 65 or older and is the most expensive disease in the United States. We describe the central economic questions raised by AD.
Background: Although many emergency departments (EDs) employ some form of vertical patient flow, there is limited published literature describing variations of vertical pathways.
At the start of the 2022–2023 academic year, a group of Harvard T.H.
Addressing hospital emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a critical challenge for many healthcare systems worldwide.
Background The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 awarded $500 million toward scaling “strike teams” to mitigate the impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) within nursing homes.
Public health requires collective action—the public best addresses health crises when individuals engage in prosocial behaviors. Failure to do so can have dire societal and economic consequences.
Absent effective disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD), measures to prevent incident disease, delay symptom onset and prolong functional independence are par
COVID-19 vaccines are widely available in wealthy countries, yet many remain unvaccinated.
Concerns have been raised about the "demise of democracy," possibly accelerated by pandemic-related restrictions.
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