Dartmouth Health Continuing Education for Professionals Home, Virtual Conversations in Justice and Equity in Bioethics Part 2 of 3: Equity in the COVID-19 Pandemic, 10/22/2020 8:00:00 AM - 10/22/2023 9:00:00 AM, The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a bright light on health care inequities. Join us as we discuss current bioethical challenges in ensuring best practice for equitable care amid an evolving epidemic.
Speaker
Tim Lahey, MD, MMSc
About our speaker:
Dr. Tim Lahey is an infectious disease physician and director of clinical ethics at the University of Vermont Medical Center. He is also a professor of medicine at the Larner College of Medicine at UVM in Burlington, VT.
Learning Outcome(s)
At the conclusion of this learning activity, participants will be able to describe at least two ways that health care professionals can ensure safe and equitable care to patients who have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Disclosure
The activity director(s), planning committee member(s), speaker(s), author(s) or anyone in a position to control the content have reported NO financial interest or relationship* with various companies. There were no individuals in a position to control the content that refused to disclose.
*A “financial interest or relationship" refers to an equity position, receipt of royalties, consultantship, funding by a research grant, receiving honoraria for educational services elsewhere, or to any other relationship to a company that provides sufficient reason for disclosure, in keeping with the spirit of the stated policy.
Bibliographic Sources
Christian et al “Development of a triage protocol for critical care during an influenza pandemic” CMAJ 2006;175(11):1377-81
Kabarriti et al, Association of Race and Ethnicity with comorbidities and survival among patients with COVID-19 at an Urban Medical Center in New York, JAMA Network Open. 2020;3(9):e2019795. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.19795. Accessed 9/25/2020
Matheny Antommaria AH, Gibb TS, McGuire AL, et al, for a Task Force of the Association of Bioethics Program Directors. Ventilator Triage Policies During the COVID-19 Pandemic at U.S. Hospitals Associated With Members of the Association of Bioethics Program Directors. Ann Intern Med. 2020; [Epub ahead of print 24 April 2020]. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/M20-1738
Munoz-Price, L., MD. et al (2020, September 25). Racial Disparities in Incidence and Outcomes Among Patients With COVID-19. Retrieved September 25, 2020 from https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2770961
Vincent JL et al. The SOFA (Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment) score to describe organ dysfunction / failure. Intensive Care Med. 1996;22:707-710.
KFF analysis of The COVID Tracking Project, COVID Racial Data Tracker, The COVID Racial Data Tracker | The COVID Tracking Project
Harald Schmidt, PhD; Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, Michelle A. Williams, ScD, Is it Lawful and Ethical to Prioritize Racial Minorities For COVID-19 Vaccines?, JAMA, Published online, October 14, 2020 doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.20571
Speaker
Tim Lahey, MD, MMSc
About our speaker:
Dr. Tim Lahey is an infectious disease physician and director of clinical ethics at the University of Vermont Medical Center. He is also a professor of medicine at the Larner College of Medicine at UVM in Burlington, VT.
Learning Outcome(s)
At the conclusion of this learning activity, participants will be able to describe at least two ways that health care professionals can ensure safe and equitable care to patients who have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Disclosure
The activity director(s), planning committee member(s), speaker(s), author(s) or anyone in a position to control the content have reported NO financial interest or relationship* with various companies. There were no individuals in a position to control the content that refused to disclose.
*A “financial interest or relationship" refers to an equity position, receipt of royalties, consultantship, funding by a research grant, receiving honoraria for educational services elsewhere, or to any other relationship to a company that provides sufficient reason for disclosure, in keeping with the spirit of the stated policy.
Bibliographic Sources
Christian et al “Development of a triage protocol for critical care during an influenza pandemic” CMAJ 2006;175(11):1377-81
Kabarriti et al, Association of Race and Ethnicity with comorbidities and survival among patients with COVID-19 at an Urban Medical Center in New York, JAMA Network Open. 2020;3(9):e2019795. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.19795. Accessed 9/25/2020
Matheny Antommaria AH, Gibb TS, McGuire AL, et al, for a Task Force of the Association of Bioethics Program Directors. Ventilator Triage Policies During the COVID-19 Pandemic at U.S. Hospitals Associated With Members of the Association of Bioethics Program Directors. Ann Intern Med. 2020; [Epub ahead of print 24 April 2020]. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/M20-1738
Munoz-Price, L., MD. et al (2020, September 25). Racial Disparities in Incidence and Outcomes Among Patients With COVID-19. Retrieved September 25, 2020 from https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2770961
Vincent JL et al. The SOFA (Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment) score to describe organ dysfunction / failure. Intensive Care Med. 1996;22:707-710.
KFF analysis of The COVID Tracking Project, COVID Racial Data Tracker, The COVID Racial Data Tracker | The COVID Tracking Project
Harald Schmidt, PhD; Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, Michelle A. Williams, ScD, Is it Lawful and Ethical to Prioritize Racial Minorities For COVID-19 Vaccines?, JAMA, Published online, October 14, 2020 doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.20571
