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Personal Crusades for Public Health

Bill of Health

By Katherine Macfarlane Public health in the U.S. This essay describes the cost of casting aside what is best for the public’s health in favor of individual choice, especially to those who are high-risk for serious illness or death from COVID-19. It explores how they must negotiate public health measures on their own.

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Non-State Actors and Public Health Emergencies

Bill of Health

By Rossella De Falco Strong, well-coordinated and resilient public health care services play a vital role in preventing and responding to public health crises. What are, however, the specific legal and ethical implications of involving private actors in health care vis-à-vis public health emergencies?

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Public Health Product Hops

Bill of Health

My latest article, Public Health Product Hops (forthcoming 2023, American University Law Review, available on SSRN ), represented my long-form attempt to reconcile our differing opinions on product hopping. But perhaps other forms of public health benefit would outweigh these harms?

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Public Health Law’s Future Begins in the Classroom

Bill of Health

By Taleed El-Sabawi The use of emergency public health powers by state and local governments during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic led to intense public criticism followed by legislative attempts (include some successes) to strip state executives of this authority. health care and public health are not the same.

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Vendor Notebook: Salesforce extends AI to public health services, DrFirst acquires Myndshft

Healthcare It News

Improvements in public health case administration, faster prior authorizations for specialty medications and rideshare delivery of lab kits for wellness are just a few interesting goals making vendor news in April.

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'Appropriate' transition period for COVID-19 test EUAs when public health emergency ends

Healthcare Dive

public health emergency declarations stopping. The FDA is planning to give holders of EUAs for COVID-19 diagnostics and other devices 180 days notice of its intent to end their authorizations, in anticipation of U.S.

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Electronic data sharing between physicians and public health agencies rare, new ONC data finds

Healthcare Dive

Fewer than one in five primary care physicians electronically exchanged patient health information with public health agencies in 2019, according to a new report from the Office of the National Coordinator.