The COVID-19 crisis has dealt an inconceivable impact to the capacity of health systems and frontline workers and their ability to deliver essential health services. The demand for care in year one of the pandemic for COVID-19 patients was like nothing the world had seen, leaving frontline workers facing the significantly heightened importance of maintaining both preventative and curative services, especially for vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, people living with chronic conditions and disabilities, and minorities. As we progress through the second full year of the pandemic, frontline workers are feeling no decline in the demand for care, as the community faces new challenges such as COVID-19 variants and vaccine supply issues. Tune in as Avrum “Avi” Spira, M.D., MSC, Global Head, Lung Cancer Initiative, Johnson & Johnson and John Ly, Advisor and Former Medical Director, Last Mile Health; Hospitalist, Assistant Clinical Professor, and Associate Program Director for Med-Peds Residency at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, discuss the impact of managing one entire year in a pandemic and best practices to implement in year two, as more people look to get vaccinated.

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