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MIAMI, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ ChenMed, one of the nation s leading primary care providers, today announces surpassing its mid-March
VaxTheNation goal by more than 40 percent, safely administering COVID-19 vaccinations to more than 70,000 at-risk elderly before Mother s Day, 2021. The community service initiative in 10 states is showing early vaccination benefits for 25,000 Chen, Dedicated, and JenCare Senior Medical Center patients fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
The medical practice is reporting only 19 COVID-19 infections; just one COVID-19 hospitalization; and zero COVID-19 deaths among 25,000 fully vaccinated seniors ages 65 and older. I m so thrilled that we were able to take vaccines beyond hospitals and large drive-through clinics so that trusted primary care doctors can administer them to their patients, in the neighborhoods where they live, says Christopher Chen, M.D., ChenMed CEO. Our doctors and staff have risen to the
Published March 14, 2021 •
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Chen Senior Medical Center will be administering 500 pre-scheduled COVID-19 vaccinations Sunday, as part of a strategic and multifaceted alliance with the Florida Department of Health to significantly better protect thousands of seniors in underserved neighborhoods from the coronavirus pandemic.
The mass-vaccination event is set to run Saturday, March 13 through Sunday, March 14 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 6037 Kimberly Boulevard in North Lauderdale.
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“Decades of vaccination history confirm the vital role primary care physicians must play to annually address patient questions and concerns about safety and benefits associated with each and every vaccine,” said Dr. Jason Lane, M.D., ChenMed National Medical Director, Clinical Strategy and Outcomes. “This is particularly true in underserved communities,
Florida arranged delivery this week of 85,000 doses of the COVID vaccine to private medical practices, setting off thousands of phone calls to patients on waiting lists and increasing the reach of the state’s campaign to defeat the disease.
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MIAMI, Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ ChenMed, one of the nation s leading primary care practices serving Medicare-eligible seniors, today announces it has joined the COVID-19 vaccination effort. For nearly a year, ChenMed has been protecting the nation s most vulnerable populations living in underserved communities from COVID through education and prevention. Now hard-to-access vaccines are being administered where patients know and trust – their primary care doctor s office. Having such safe and effective vaccines in under a year was a miracle, says Christopher Chen, M.D., ChenMed CEO. While getting them into arms has been a complex problem, we re now on the right track with primary care doctor offices and couldn t be prouder to see our teams save lives – completing some 7,000 vaccines for the most at-risk seniors this month.