Tag Archives: COVID-19

Telemedicine: Is the Shine Wearing Off? Benefits, Barriers, and the Road Ahead

In March 2020, the World Health Organization officially declared the spread of COVID-19 to be a pandemic (World Health Organization, 2020). In response, telemedicine played a crucial role during the pandemic, transforming healthcare delivery.  Four years later, it appears the momentum of telemedicine has faded.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published an

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Silent Invasion: The Untold Story of the Trump Administration, Covid-19, and Preventing the Next Pandemic Before It’s Too Late, By Dr. Deborah Birx

Dr. Deborah Birx describes her journey as the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator and the introduction of a new mystery virus that is coming out of China and how it did not seem to have the same characteristics as any known respiratory viruses such as sudden acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS),

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Supply Chain and Capacity Management

During the pandemic medical resources quickly became scarce causing healthcare professionals to prioritize everything from testing to treatments.  Polymerase chain reaction or PCR testing laboratories quickly became strained as a surge of people with cold symptoms flooded health care providers or lined up at testing sites to verify whether they contracted the COVID-19 virus.  Early

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Stakeholder Engagement: Identify and monitor changes to stakeholder roles and how they can impact the project

According to the PMBOK Guide, a stakeholder is “An individual, group, or organization that may affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by a decision, activity, or outcome of a project, program, or portfolio (Project Management Institute, 2017).  Who or what actually falls within the definition is not as simple.  There are

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