CT Seeks Vaccination Equality Through Money For Partnerships - Newtown, CT - Gov. Ned Lamont announced $13 million in funding to improve coronavirus vaccination equity throughout the state.
Lamont Announces Grants to 27 Local Health Departments in Connecticut Including Stamford Written by Gov. Ned Lamont
Governor Ned Lamont and the Connecticut Department of Public Health today announced that 27 municipalities and local health departments in Connecticut have been selected by the state to share in more than $13 million in federal grant money to be used to form partnerships between local health, community organizations, and vaccine providers to promote and increase vaccine equity.
Connecticut received the federal funding as part of a nationwide effort to ensure people in underserved communities, including communities of color and ethnically diverse communities, will have equal access to COVID-19 vaccinations. Achieving a high rate of vaccination among state residents is imperative to efforts in Connecticut, and nationwide, to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Lamont Announces Funding To Integrate Remaining Electronic Health Records With Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Written by Office of the Governor.
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Governor Ned Lamont and Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle Seagull have announced that the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection’s Drug Control Division has received $1.3 million in funding through the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide free access to a Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) Gateway for prescribers and pharmacists. The PMP Gateway, provided by Appriss Health, allows providers to integrate their electronic health records or pharmacy management system with the PMP.
This integration allows providers to fulfill their requirement to check patient records in the PMP before prescribing opioids and other controlled substance in certain circumstance, and to do it with one login, rather than two. This ultimately ensures providers in Connecticut can spend les