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When Anna Ramsey suffered a flare-up of juvenile dermatomyositis, she feared it would lead to chemotherapy treatment that could compromise her already fragile immune system in the midst of a pandemic.
The Los Angeles resident waited three agonizing days for the results of a blood test to appear in her online patient portal but she didn’t understand them. After an anxious night, she gave in and emailed her doctor, who responded with an explanation and a plan.
For Ramsey, now 24, the system was a mixed blessing. While she appreciates the quick access to her test results, she said she’s rather have an interpretation she can understand, “even if it takes a few days longer.”
Beth Israel Lahey Health to develop new strategies to distribute COVID-19 vaccines
When the first COVID-19 vaccines were approved for emergency use in December 2020, healthcare systems across the Unites States needed to rapidly design and implement their own approaches to distribute COVID-19 vaccines equitably and efficiently.
This new role has required Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) to develop new strategies and build large operational teams to organize and successfully vaccinate more than 14,000 patients a week across Eastern Massachusetts.
In an Insight article published in
JAMA Health Forum, Leonor Fernandez, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Peter Shorett, MPP, Chief Integration Officer at BILH, identify five key lessons about health equity that have emerged from BILH s vaccination campaign for the health system s approximately 1.6 million patients.
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Cambridge, Mass. - When the first COVID-19 vaccines were approved for emergency use in December 2020, healthcare systems across the Unites States needed to rapidly design and implement their own approaches to distribute COVID-19 vaccines equitably and efficiently. This new role has required Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) to develop new strategies and build large operational teams to organize and successfully vaccinate more than 14,000 patients a week across Eastern Massachusetts. In an Insight article published in
JAMA Health Forum, Leonor Fernandez, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Peter Shorett, MPP, Chief Integration Officer at BILH, identify five key lessons about health equity that have emerged from BILH s vaccination campaign for the health system s approximately 1.6 million patients.
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One year into a raging viral pandemic that has claimed over 525,000 American lives, Harvardâs affiliated hospitals have been equipped with arguably one of the most significant medical accomplishments of the 21st century: the Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines.
Receiving the vaccine supply is just the first step, however, and Harvardâs hospitals have run into another challenge getting shots into arms: overcoming pervasive inequities that have left individuals of color with less access to and trust in the health care system. Even among the hospitalsâ own staff, communication difficulties and mistrust have led to unequal rates of vaccination.