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(COLUMBUS, Ohio) Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted today provided the following updates on Ohio’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
EQUITY UPDATE
Governor DeWine today outlined steps that Ohio has taken and will take to address inequities in healthcare as they relate to vaccine accessibility.
“There are Ohioans who simply do not have equal access to healthcare,” said Governor DeWine. “We have worked hard to address these gaps, especially in our efforts to roll out the vaccine, but there is still more to do.”
Geography: Instead of offering the “mega vaccination sites” being seen in other states, Ohio’s vaccination plan focuses on ensuring that there are multiple vaccine providers in every county in the state. This week, more than 700 providers across Ohio are receiving the vaccine to help ensure that Ohioans have access to vaccine close to home.
Coronavirus latest: 902,736 cases in Ohio; 364,507 in Kentucky; 629,903 in Indiana
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The financial question: What is COVID-19 doing to hospitalsâ bottom lines?
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By: Kaitlin Schroeder | Journal-News
and last updated 2021-01-31 16:00:14-05
The pandemic left hospitals busy with multiple surges in COVID-19 patients through the course of 2020, but those spikes werenât moneymakers for these health systems.
The chaotic year had been marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, which left patients needing intense levels of care, increased labor and supplies costs, caused some patients to fearfully skip care, and there were months of canceled lucrative electives.
Hospitals are not only health care providers but also among the biggest businesses and largest employers in the region, and the economic health of the region hinges on their stability.
Here’s how local vaccine clinics are targeting underserved communities India Duke © Provided by Dayton Daily News Donald Christon, 74, receives the COVID-19 vaccine, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 at the Grace United Methodist Church. The Kettering Health Network held the vaccine clinic at the church. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF
Area health care providers have partnered with local churches to administer COVID-19 vaccines to underserved communities. However, one provider said those disproportionately impacted by the virus haven’t been part of the majority of those receiving the vaccine.
Kettering Health Network held their first vaccine clinic at Grace United Methodist Church and will continue the clinic Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Those eligible for the vaccine must make an appointment on the Kettering Health Network website. As of now all appointment slots are full for the rest of this week. Appointment times will be m