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Reinventing the Last Mile: Delivering COVID-19 Vaccines to Our Most Vulnerable Populations
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Originally published on April 22, 2021 10:41 am
Southern states are seeing a pretty sharp drop off in the pace of COVID vaccinations and the slowness can’t be blamed on supply. In Tennessee, the vaccination numbers on Monday were less than half of the highest days in recent months, with plenty of shots on hand.
Neighboring states like Mississippi are seeing a similar trend, and this is likely the beginning of a slowdown that was expected, state health officials say. The people who really wanted a shot now have it, and convincing those who don’t is getting harder.
Clint Satterfield is the superintendent of schools in Trousdale County and was hoping to increase his vaccine numbers by offering teachers the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which has now been pulled from use for an additional safety review.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ AdhereHealth, a healthcare technology leader in medication adherence insights and health outcomes, today announced the launch of its High-Risk Patient COVID-19 Vaccine Accelerator. The outbound, data-driven tele-pharmacy solution helps governments, health plans and providers facilitate COVID-19 vaccinations for vulnerable populations by addressing social determinants of health (SDOH), such as health literacy, transportation, and chronic condition medication access, as well as increasing vaccination clinics or in-home services. Many vulnerable populations face significant barriers to care that deprioritize vaccinations until addressed. An innovative combination of technology, timely data, health literacy, local social services, and outbound telehealth can overcome these challenges to ensure health equity is achieved, said Jason Z. Rose, CEO of AdhereHealth.
Medically Necessary: Making the vaccine supply chain work for communities of color
The supply chain is contributing to racial disparities in vaccination A patient receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Neighborhood Health in Nashville, Tennessee. (Credit: Neighborhood Health)
This is an excerpt from the February 23, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter.
The problem: Americans of color are receiving the vaccine at far lower rates than white Americans, even though people of color are more likely to get COVID-19. The supply chain is part of the problem.
“Our system of allocation assumes there’s a level playing field, but there’s not,” Monica Peek, University of Chicago Medicine physician and health care disparities researcher, said at a February webinar hosted by The American Journal of Bioethics. “Unless we purposefully wrench in mechanisms for equity, what we’re going to see are disparities in outcomes.”
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