Topic

How to Run a Hospital during a Pandemic: Hospital Administration Ethical and Legal Challenges in the Time of COVID-19

Organised by

THE PETRIE-FLOM CENTER FOR HEALTH LAW POLICY, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND BIOETHICS AT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL

Session Brief

This panel will discuss the challenges facing hospitals during the pandemic, including workforce, financial, and supply chain concerns. How can hospitals “rise to the occasion?” What duties do they owe to their employees, their patients, their board of trustees or shareholders, and their communities?

Panelists

  • Rina K. Spence, former President and CEO, Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA; advisor to the Precision Medicine, Artificial Intelligence, and the Law Project, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School

  • John Fernandez, President of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA

  • Bruce J. Flanz, President and CEO, MediSys Health Network, Queens, NY

  • Moderator: Carmel Shachar, Executive Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics and Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School

Date and Time


Tuesday, June 30, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

For registration- click here (The event is free and open to the public)


Contact

Petrie-Flom Center 

617-496-4662 

petrie-flom@law.harvard.edu