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Lancaster County mass vaccination center to close June 30
The Lancaster County Community Vaccination Center at Park City Center will close on June 30.
Vaccinate Lancaster staff will continue to offer the one-dose Johnson & Johnson, also known as Janssen, vaccine for individuals 18 and older or the two-dose Pfizer vaccine for individuals 12 and older.Sign up for our Newsletters
Starting Thursday, individuals who receive their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine will be referred to community partners for their second dose.
People who have a second-dose Pfizer vaccine scheduled July 1 or later will be referred to their choice of care locations at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, Penn State Health, UPMC or WellSpan Health.
Healthcare insiders say there are 3 key challenges facing telehealth
Now that states are reopening, many patients are opting back into in-person visits.
Many hospitals and clinics are now grappling with a hybrid system that combines telemedicine and in-person visits.
This article is part of a series called Future of Healthcare, which explores how technology is driving innovation in the development of healthcare.
Doctors offices and hospitals are emerging from the confines of telehealth -only visits as the pandemic-induced closures ease up around the US.
Telehealth s impact, however, is only just getting off the ground.
During the pandemic, doctors offices and clinics rapidly adopted technology that allowed them to conduct non-emergency patient visits over the phone or video conference. They signed contracts with companies like Teladoc and Amwell, which provide access to such software and saw their businesses each ro