Episode 227: Pandemic Lessons and Vaccine Advocacy

The EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals

8. This week, Jonathan is joined by Silvia Munoz-Price, Infectious Diseases Physician; Hospital Epidemiologist; and former Chief Quality & Safety Officer, Virginia Commonwealth University Health, USA. The pair discuss lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine hesitancy, and health equity.

Use the following timestamps to navigate this episode:

(00:09)-Introduction (02:46)-Hospital Consolidations (08:20)-Reducing safety events (10:12)-Spotting trends in quality metrics (15:10)-Vaccine hesitancy (19:44)-Preparedness ahead of COVID-19 (23:36)-How can we encourage vaccination (24:41)-The American healthcare system (31:00)-Removing politics from medicine (40:27)-Zoonoses and changing migration patterns (43:59)-Encouraging a career in epidemiology (45:07)-Silvia’s three wishes