Matthews-Vu Medical Group plans Saturday COVID-19 vaccine clinic
THE STAFF AT MATTHEW -VU MEDICAL GROUP ARE HOLDING A PUBLIC COVID VACCINE CLINIC THIS SATURDAY.
and last updated 2021-01-21 11:50:46-05
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado â The staff at Matthew-Vu Medical Group in Colorado Springs will hold a public COVID vaccine clinic on Saturday, January 23. The doctor s office is one of six local health care providers who ve partnered with El Paso County Public Health to administer the vaccines.
Volunteers from the El Paso County Medical Reserve Corps have helped the staff here to give shots to patients who qualify under the state s priority listing as either Group 1A or 1B.
Colorado’s vaccine distribution plan has entered Phase 1B as vaccine providers such as Peak Vista Community Health Centers began inoculating people age 70 and older, the next-highest priority after frontline
In an effort to make the COVID-19 vaccine available to all Coloradans, the state health department is urging local vaccine providers not to ask for valid identification in order to be immunized.
Before COVID-19, telemedicine was practiced by many health systems, but seeing patients in person was still the norm.
Within a few short weeks in March 2020, health systems and practices were forced to adopt new ways of seeing patients and delivering care.
Although face-to-face visits will always be a part of health care, thereâs no going back, providers say.Â
There are still obstacles that need to be overcome â especially when it comes to insurance coverage and access.
Nevertheless, the pandemic is spurring advances in delivery of patient care that might otherwise have taken years to develop.
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âPre-COVID, we were interested in making telehealth part of our five-year plan,â said Dr. Christopher Davis, UCHealth emergency medicine physician and medical director of virtual health. âThat was critical when COVID hit in March, because we had infrastructure in place that we could rapidly scale rather than building from scratch.â