Anne Arundel Medical Center won’t join a group of major Maryland hospitals that plans to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment by the end of the summer.
Maryland hospitals and health systems will each set a date for employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment, setting the stage for immunization requirement at all other state businesses, workplaces and institutions.
The University of Maryland Medical System is donating $4.6 million worth of personal protective equipment such as masks and gloves as well as generators and other goods to South Asian countries such as India and Sri Lanka currently hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
Opportunities to maximize the waiver model in Maryland Michael Goldberg | May 26, 2021
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Maryland’s waiver model of care – the “Maryland Model” – is well regarded by a range of stakeholders, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still work left to do. At the 2021 Maryland State of Reform Health Policy Conference, a panel of experts talked through how best to continue to improve on Maryland’s model of care, and where efforts at system improvement will yield the best returns.
The panel included:
Bob Atlas (Chief Executive Officer, Maryland Hospital Association), Maria Harris Tildon (Executive Vice President, Public Policy & Government Affairs, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield), Joe DeMattos, Jr. (Chief Executive Officer, Health Facilities Association of Maryland) and Joshua Sharfstein, MD (Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health).
National Hospital Week has a special meaning this year for health care workers, now 14 months into the battle against COVID-19.|| COVID-19 updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||Cases and hospitalizations are trending downward in Maryland, but that doesn t mean hospitals are finished their work.Maryland online vaccination site locatorVaccine Data DashboardMaryland vaccination plan FAQsHospitalizations have been trending downward in May. There are now fewer than 800 in the hospital statewide. Hospitals are starting to make some changes, but they know this isn’t over yet. This (National Hospital Week) is a really special one because our hospitals were called upon 14 months ago to essentially save an awful lot of lives in crucial circumstances, said Bob Atlas, president and CEO of Maryland Hospital Association.The Maryland Hospital Association said workers across the state stepped up and endured several surges of COVID-19 patients. The peak of patients