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How are pharmacies and local health departments collaborating to ensure efficient and equitable COVID-19 vaccination? That was the focus of a webinar hosted Thursday by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Association of County and City Health Officials.
The webinar, “COVID-19 Vaccination Stories from the Field: Local Health Department & Pharmacy Partnerships, highlighted the critical role pharmacies continue to play in the nation’s pandemic response and recovery efforts. Oscar Alleyne, NACCHO chief of programs and services said that partnerships with pharmacies offer a way to improve community access for when it comes to administering cities and counties vaccine allocations.
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In 2020 there were 122 homicides in Charlotte and violent crimes were up by 16% compared to the previous year, according to Charlotte police statistics. Numerous studies show that 25% of people who are victims of violent crimes will be a perpetrator or victim of another crime in the future.
To tackle this specific aspect of the crime Charlotte faces, Atrium Health and city officials are working together on a new violence intervention program. Atrium s Dr. David Jacobs says they see about 750 people annually for gunshot wounds in their trauma unit, alone.
Jacobs, who is overseeing the new program, says they plan to work with emergency room victims and take a more comprehensive approach to preventing people from becoming a repeat victim or repeatedly engaging in violent criminal activities.
The Healthcare Leadership Council issued the following news:
Experts from across healthcare have identified specific policy and regulatory recommendations to improve the nation s ability to prepare for and respond to future health crises. The recommendations are part of a new report released by the
Healthcare Leadership Council and
Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and result from collaboration with more than 100 private-sector, nonprofit, and government organizations and stakeholders to assess the response to COVID-19 and the nation s existing disaster preparedness infrastructure.
The recommendations include some temporary steps taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic, which have proven beneficial and should be made permanent going forward, the experts say. These include making it easier for public and private organizations to work in partnership, prioritizing supply chain readiness before crises arise, streamlining regulations that allow providers to practice medicine whe
Q360 Program helping inmates recover from drug addiction while behind bars
Q360 has contracts in 20 counties throughout the state and is fully running in about 11. The Tippecanoe County Jail has the largest program, which served 80 men and women last year alone. We talked with six inmates who say the therapy has been life changing.
Posted: Jan 27, 2021 11:57 PM
Posted By: Meredith Hackler
TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) - Correctional facilities are where offenders go to serve time for the crimes they have committed. However, many inmates have underlying health conditions, including addiction. A new program at the Tippecanoe County jail is working to rehabilitate offenders so they can obtain the redemption many of them have never been given the opportunity to receive. Several inmates at the Tippecanoe County jail have been incarcerated multiple times.
All care home residents and staff in Trafford have already been offered the COVID-19 vaccine. It is understood that around 12,500 people have already been vaccinated across the borough and Altrincham GPs are planning to have all of their over-80s and care home residents vaccinated by this weekend. This week, Martyn Pritchard, Accountable Officer for Trafford Clinical Commissioning Group, also confirmed all care home residents across Trafford have now been invited for at least their first doses of the jab. He said: “GPs are well into the programme of delivering the vaccine to those over 80. “Absolutely top of the list is those that live and work in elderly care homes and one of the things I’m really, really pleased to be able to report is that by the end of this week we will have offered vaccinations to all staff and residents in elderly care homes in Trafford.