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The National Cancer Institute predicts nearly 40% of Americans will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during their lifetimes. Ohio s Southwest General Health Center is working to revolutionize cancer care through improved chemotherapy infusion efficiency, after transitioning from paper records to Cerner s electronic health record technology.
THE PROBLEM The biggest challenge we faced before turning to Cerner was that some of our records were still on paper, said Deborah Harwood, RN, director of oncology services at Southwest General Health Center. This presented a challenge of quickly locating patient information across a multidisciplinary team. Information such as registration documents, patient schedules, and lab and pharmacy orders were loose documents needing to be filed into the chart, making for inefficient workflows and in some cases delayed information to care teams.
What rural Michigan communities can expect as the coronavirus vaccines start to arrive
Updated Jan 02, 2021;
Posted Jan 02, 2021
Healthcare workers are given the COVID-19 vaccine at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, on Thursday, December 17, 2020. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com
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Michigan’s more northern and rural communities are more likely to use the new Moderna coronavirus vaccine - at least initially as vaccinations ramp up in Michigan.
In December, the FDA granted emergency approval to two vaccines, one collaboratively manufactured by Pfizer and a German company named BioNTech, the other created by Moderna. While both work similarly, the Pfizer vaccine has stricter storage requirements, that some rural communities may not be able to meet.