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1/30/21
Nicole T. Rochester, MD
Ongoing Series of Online Seminars in Partnership with the Maryland Hospital Association Features National Expert Nicole T. Rochester, MD
The Maryland Patient Safety Center (MPSC), the state’s official resource for patient safety issues and education, offers a series of online seminars in partnership with the
Maryland
Association to address vaccine hesitancy in healthcare workers, particularly those from communities of color. These initial programs are the first phase of a larger integrated approach the Maryland Patient Safety Center and Maryland Hospital Association are taking to address numerous challenges related to discrimination and implicit bias in healthcare.
SACRAMENTO As intensive care units filled and coronavirus cases surged over the holidays, Carmela Coyle invoked a World War II-era quote attributed to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to rally her own troops: If you re going through hell, keep going.
Coyle is head of the California Hospital Association, and her troops are the highly paid hospital executives she represents. Throughout the pandemic, as in the December memo in which she quoted Churchill, she has employed battlefield rhetoric to galvanize their massive political and financial clout.
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That s because Coyle believes hospitals are quite simply in battle conditions a sentiment she has impressed upon the state s top health care officials.
SACRAMENTO
As intensive care units filled and coronavirus cases surged over the holidays, Carmela Coyle invoked a World War II-era quote attributed to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to rally her own troops: “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
Coyle is head of the California Hospital Association, and her “troops” are the highly paid hospital executives she represents. Throughout the pandemic, as in the December memo in which she quoted Churchill, she has employed battlefield rhetoric to galvanize their massive political and financial clout.
That’s because Coyle believes hospitals are quite simply “in battle conditions” a sentiment she has impressed upon the state’s top healthcare officials.
As Maryland health officials scramble to meet growing demand for the coronavirus vaccine, another red flag is emerging: Minorities, who’ve been hit hardest by the disease, have received shots at rates disproportionate to the percentage of the population they represent.