“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” The COVID-19 pandemic was both exhausting and informative. Although it’s temping to move away from infection control work, it provided us with an opportunity to be better prepared for the next, inevitable, event. As we face the resurgence of diseases like RSV and Measles or…
Beacon, February 25, 2025 A few years ago my neighbor lent me a book called Bruno, Chief of Police and it changed my life. It’s the first in a series of delightful novels set fictional village of Saint-Denis in the Périgord region (also called the Dordogne) of Southwest France. The protagonist, a former soldier turned…
Beacon, December 2, 2024 In 2023, the Bree released guidelines on best practices for addressing perinatal behavioral health. This is the first report for which the Bree has been able to consider a prospective evaluation on the uptake and effectiveness of one of it’s reports. We chose to conduct an evaluation on this report for…
Beacon November, 8th 2024 All of us have had the experience of unexpected change; it is part of the very nature of being human. We all know change brings challenges, but the opportunities that it presents are very often our second or even third thoughts. Humans like repetition, it’s how we learn. We like calm,…
A View from the Top August 15, 2024 “The amount of opioids prescribed and sold in the United States nearly quadrupled from 1999 to 2014. But, there was not an overall change in the amount of pain that Americans report.” 1 Between 2013 and 2024, the Bree Collaborative has produced seven guidelines on the topic…
A View From the Top July 30th, 2024 I live part-time a few blocks from the Empire State building. Down on the sidewalks of the city you are always walking under scaffolding, being routed around construction sites, and turning the corner to find a few building going up. In the chaos and bustle of every…
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