Tuesday May 4 Mind/Body Health with Dr. Marvin Trotter 9am
This week on Mind/Body Health, Dr. Marvin Trotter will speak with Anderson Valley Health Center’s one and only Dr. Mark Apfel. May 4th. They’ll talk about Primary Care and “POLST,” or Portable Medical Orders, which allow patients to do advance care planning that is valid outside of the clinic or doctor’s office. That’s Mind/Body Health, Tuesday morning at 9am here on KZYX and Z.
Apr 5, 2021 10:25am
What’s happening in California’s Mendocino County echoes the frustrations, successes and stumbles felt by counties and clinics across the state during this turbulent transition. (Pixabay)
In California’s Mendocino County, public health officials and community clinics say they have hit their vaccination stride.
Despite the county’s remoteness and its largely rural population spread among wooded mountains, rugged coastline and idyllic vineyards, about 40% of eligible adults have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
But now, they face renewed turbulence as health insurer Blue Shield of California takes over the state’s vaccine program with the mission of speeding up vaccinations.
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January 15, 2021 Local community clinics have started vaccinations this week, and are reaching out to the elderly and people whose jobs put them at greater risk of exposure.
Lucresha Renteria, the director of the Mendocino Coast Clinics, worked to get vaccines for today’s vaccination at Fort Bragg high school. Next week, she plans to put together lists of veterinarians, dental workers, and food and ag workers. And she’s weighing the possibility of doing a mass vaccination off-site, especially since there are about 800 elderly patients who have been to the clinic since January of 2018. For now, she’s reaching out to employers and going over the patient rolls.