Over the past seven days, Direct Relief has delivered 463 shipments of requested medical aid to 43 U.S. states and territories and 11 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 14.3 million defined daily doses of medication, including antibiotics, antihistamines, cardiovascular medications, and more. The organization is tracking multiple disasters across the globe, and will continue to […]
Improving the health outcomes of African migrants in the U.S. largely depends on how comfortable they feel seeking out health services. That was a key finding of research conducted by Direct Relief’s University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy intern, Celia Sawyerr, who interviewed providers from four federally qualified health centers in […]
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At Busy Bee Wellness Center, Mike Nguyen (left), installation technician with SKC Communications, trains Norman Mitchell, Busy Bee CEO, on telehealth technology.
Bee Busy Wellness Center in Houston, Texas, like other health centers across the country, struggled with efforts to offer telehealth services to patients when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
THE PROBLEM
As a way to be creative and to extend its healthcare program to those seeking services via telehealth, Bee Busy purchased mobile phones for clinical staff and iPads for providers to engage with patients who had iOS or Android systems, but failed in attempts at expanding its EHR to be compatible to offer telehealth.
Covid Vaccines Are New. The Challenges of Reaching Everyone Are Not.
For fair distribution of a coronavirus vaccine, trust and access are key. U.S. community health centers have both.
The Covid-19 vaccine from the first batch of Moderna s vaccine is seen at Hartford hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on December 21, 2020. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)
The biggest challenge in the mass vaccination effort for coronavirus won’t be logistics. Commercial firms manage complex logistics for specialized medications and vaccines daily, at scale, and exceptionally well.
At Direct Relief, we perform the same functions for humanitarian health purposes, delivering life-saving medicines requiring cold-storage and handling to people in all 50 states and 80 countries, often after emergencies and in areas where commercial activities don’t have a strong business reason to engage – insulin for kids with Type 1 diabetes in Sudan, cancer drugs f