Catholic Health Care Systems Make Comprehensive Commitment to Confronting Racism by Achieving Health Equity
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/
The Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA) today launched a membership-driven initiative to confront racism by achieving health equity.
Twenty-three of the nation s largest Catholic health care systems have already pledged their commitment to confronting systemic racism by prioritizing equity in response to COVID-19; enacting change across their own health care systems by examining and changing hiring, promotion and retention practices to ensure diversity and inclusion; forming stronger partnerships with communities of color to improve health outcomes; and leveraging their united and powerful voice to advocate for policy changes that address the root causes of racism and social injustice.
Pennsylvania’s decision to expand early access to coronavirus vaccines has confused the public and forced hospitals to create priority groups within priority groups, healthcare providers said this week.
Hospitals statewide are looking at a pool of potentially 3.5 million eligible recipients in Phase 1A, and the available supply of vaccines just doesn’t add up, said Andy Carter, president of the Hospital and Health System Association of Pennsylvania.
“Since mid-December, hospitals and community health centers have worked diligently to vaccinate our health care heroes. That work continues,” said Carter. “Looking ahead, this public health effort must expand to include more pharmacies, doctors’ offices, and community-based vaccine clinics,” he continued. “But we need the supply to meet this mission.”
BLUE BELL, Pennsylvania (WPVI) The Montgomery County Community College gym will soon become a COVID-19 vaccination site. Our goal is to get up to 2,000 a day, but we probably won t reach that until the end of January. So our immediate goal is 1,000 a day, but that depends on how many vaccines we receive, says Interim Montgomery County Health Administrator Janet Panning.
Montgomery County says every Wednesday it receives a shipment of 2,000 COVID-19 vaccines. Bucks County says it receives the same size weekly shipment.
Delaware County officials say they will set up the first mass vaccination site in Yeadon, without specifying a date.