James G. Hodge

TL;DR: The principles of tertiary triage and methods for implementing such a system are discussed, emphasizing that these systems should serve only as a last resort.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present recommendations for legal reform concerning health information privacy, including recognizing identifiable health information as highly sensitive, providing privacy safeguards based on fair information practices, empowering patients with information and rights to consent to disclosure, limiting disclosures of health data absent consent, incorporating industry-wide security protections, establishing a national data protection authority, and providing a national minimal level of privacy protections.

TL;DR: A declaration of a national emergency authorizes public health powers, mobilizes resources, and facilitates innovative strategies to curb a rapidly escalating public health crisis.

TL;DR: The Model Act provides state actors with the powers they need to detect and contain bioterrorism or a naturally occurring disease outbreak and contains a modernized, extensive set of principles and requirements to safeguard personal rights.

TL;DR: The 10 Summit-derived principles represent an attempt to link law, ethics, and real-world public health emergency resource allocation practices, and can serve as a useful starting framework to guide further systematic approaches and future research on addressing public health resource scarcity in an all-hazards context.