Avian Flu: Ethical, Financial, and Management Implications for Business
| When |
Dec 01, 2006
from 09:00 AM to 03:30 PM |
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| Where | Vertical Campus, 14-220 |
| Contact Name | Matthew LePere |
| Contact Phone | 646-312-3231 |
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PROGRAM
Welcome - 9:00 to 9:10 am
Deans John Elliott and David Birdsell
Opening Remarks - 9:10 to 9:30 am
Dr. Kenneth A. Berkowitz, Associate Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine; Chief, Ethics Consultation, Veterans Health Administration National Center for Ethics in Health Care
Panel 1 - Public Health: Defining the Scope of the Problem -
9:30 to 10:50 am
The panel allowed us to learn from previous public health crises. Experts in public health discussed how to reduce opportunities for human infection and what public health officials-the media and the public-might expect employers to do to keep their employees safe.
Moderator: David Birdsell, Dean of School of Public Affairs, Baruch College CUNY
- James Colgrove, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
- Dr. Nathaniel Hupert, Assistant Professor of Public Health and Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical School
- Dr. Leslie Libow, Distinguished Clinical Professor, Jewish Home and Hospital Life Care System of New York; Clinical Professor of Geriatrics and Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- Dr. Marc K. Siegel, Associate Professor of Medicine and a Fellow in the Master Scholars Society at New York University School of Medicine
Panel 2 - Legal and Ethical Issues -11:10 am to 12:30 pm
How should government balance the demands of public safety and business continuity? Who defined “essential” workers and to what degree could businesses protect them or be held liable for their exposure? Should business monitor workers and prevent those with certain symptoms, such as elevated temperature, from coming to work? Who got scarce medical resources? This panel covered these and other legal and ethical concerns.
Moderator: Prof Donald Schepers, Baruch College CUNY
- Dr. Kenneth A. Berkowitz, Associate Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine; Chief, Ethics Consultation, Veterans Health Administration National Center for Ethics in Health Care
- Jeff Buechner, PhD, Director of the Bioethics Institute and Lecturer in Philosophy, Rutgers University - Newark
- Nancy Dubler, Professor and Head, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Montefiore Medical Center
Luncheon Address - 12:30 to 2:00 pm
Deputy Commissioner Isaac Weisfuse, MD, MPH, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Pandemic Influenza Plan
Panel 3 - Management Issues- 2:00 to 3:30 pm
This panel covered corporate disaster planning. Was your organization ready to make decisions in the event of rapidly changing circumstances? What if some of your key decision makers were among the infected? Was your organization ready for crisis communications, telecommuting, flexible schedules, security of personnel and property, delivering employees’ paychecks and medical coverage, maintaining supply chains, and keeping your customer base? Were you prepared to act without fully knowing cost, insurance and liability ramifications? There were an array of operational, human resource, communications, and financial concerns to consider.
Moderator: Professor Robert Laud, Baruch College CUNY
- Patrick Alesi, VP, Business Continuity Management, Lehman Brothers
- Daniel Gonnella, VP, Business Continuity Management, Lehman Brothers
- Thomas Lowe, Health and Safety Representative for the NYS Nurses Association
- Dr. Tia Powell, Executive Director, NY State Task Force on Life and the Law
- Jonathan Rosen, Director, Occupational Safety & Health Dept, NYS Public Employees Federation
CONFERENCE MATERIALS
- Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response, May 2006
World Health Organization - Strengthening Pandemic-Influenza Preparedness and Response, Including Application of the International Health Regulation, 2005
World Health Organization - Strengthening Pandemic-Influenza Preparedness and Response, Including Application of the International Health Regulation, 2005
World Health Organization - GLOBAL: Build Community Defenses, Says UN Bird Flu Specialist
The Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - IMF Financial Implications of Bird Flu, 2006
Approved by Mark Allen, International Monetary Fund - Strengthening Pandemic-Influenza Preparedness and Response
Fifty-Eighth World Health Assembly - RAND Study Finds Vaccination of Nursing Home Staff, Residents, Key to Reducing Influenza Outbreaks
RAND Health - Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus, 2006
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Avian Influenza Infection in Humans, 2006
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Avian Influenza: Current Situation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - National Strategy For Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan, 2006
Homeland Security Council - The False Bird Flu Scare, 2006
By Marc K. Siegel, The Nation - Afraid of the Bird Flu? The Worse Virus Is Fear, 2004
By Marc K. Siegel, Fortune - Influenza Pandemic Simulation - Implications for the Public and Private Sectors
The World Economic Forum and Booz Allen Hamllton - Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Planning: Ethics Concerns, 2006
National Ethics Teleconference - Pandemic Influenza Planning in New York City, 2006
Issac B. Weisfuse, Debra Berg, Rose Gasner, Marci Layton, Mark Misener, and Jane R. Zucker, Journal of Urban Health - On a Wing and a Prayer – Are you Ready for Bird Flu?
By Keely Rushmore, Associate - Pandemic Influenza Survey, 2006
Harvard School of Public Health - Risk Management, for the Highest Stakes, 2005
By Jenny Anderson, The New York Times
