Promoting Vaccination Buy-In Among Residents and Workers: Evaluating Mandates and Potential Liabilities

October 14, 2021 12:15pm

Jason E. Bring
Partner
Arnell Gold Gregory LLP (Atlanta, GA)

Cory Kallheim
Vice President of Legal Affairs and Social Accountability
Leading Age (Washington, DC)

Patrick Joseph, M.D, FIDSA, FSHEA
Clinical Professor
University of California (San Francisco, CA)

  • Educating residents and workers about the benefits of the vaccine and its role in bringing an end to the pandemic
  • Understanding how the vaccine works: epidemiology and infectious disease prevention
  • Preventing and curtailing vaccine misinformation
  • Identifying what incentives providers are using to get their employees vaccinated and determining the efficacy of these vaccine incentives
  • Understanding the exemptions to mandate
  • Evaluating the legality of vaccine mandates
  • Assessing facility liability for lack of vaccinations