HJNO Mar/Apr 2021

+ 12 Contents March / April 2021 I Vol. 10, No. 2 DEPARTMENTS Healthcare Briefs ................................................................................ 27 Hospital Rounds ................................................................................. 55 Ad Index .................................................................................................... 66 CORRESPONDENTS LDH Corner ............................................................................................ 36 Children’s Health ................................................................................ 38 Nursing ...................................................................................................... 40 Insurance ................................................................................................ 42 Senior Health ........................................................................................ 44 Medical Society .................................................................................... 46 Mental Health ....................................................................................... 48 Oncology .................................................................................................. 50 Bio Industry ........................................................................................... 52 FEATURES COVID-19 Vaccine Resistance Q&A . ................................................... 8 Charles Stoecker, PhD J.P. Morgan Chase Professorship in Health Care Finance, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine M. “Tonette” Krousel-Wood, MD, MSPH Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Louisiana Should Look to Nurse Practitioners to Strengthen Health Access ........................... 13 Sophia L. Thomas, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PPCNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP President, American Association of Nurse Practitioners The State of Louisiana’s Hospitals ........... 17 Paul Salles President and CEO, Louisiana Hospital Association Polluter’s Paradise: Air Quality Regulators in “Cancer Alley” Have Fallen Dangerously Behind ............ 23 13 8