Californians want the vaccine + New rules for new consumer loans + Atkins endorses Weber
Sacramento Bee 1/28/2021 Andrew Sheeler, The Sacramento Bee
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CALIFORNIANS WANT THE VACCINE, POLL SAYS
A majority, 71%, of Californians say that they will definitely or probably get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a survey released Thursday.
The survey, from the California Health Care Foundation, also found that nearly a quarter, 23%, of Californians know somebody who has died of COVID-19. That number is higher for Black (32%), Latino (27%) and Asian American (26%) people, and lower for white people (17%), the survey found.
Poll shows 71% of Californians want to get vaccinated. That may not be enough [San Francisco Chronicle]
Jan. 28 A majority of Californians are ready and willing to get the coronavirus vaccine, a new poll conducted by the California Health Care Foundation found.
But many groups remain hesitant.
About 71% of state residents contacted by the organization as part of a California Health Policy Survey said they would “definitely” or “probably” get vaccinated; while 13% said they would “probably not,” and 16% said they would “definitely not.”
The survey, conducted between Nov. 19 and Jan. 12 and published on Thursday, began fielding results before the Food and Drug Administration issued emergency use authorizations for both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
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.
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Activate Care Announces Screen-to-Intervene™ Initiative with Advancements in Health Information Exchange Across Entire Communities
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Activate Care is first to bring new care coordination capabilities to more stakeholders across the United States healthcare and social services ecosystem. BOSTON (PRWEB) January 21, 2021 Activate Care®, a leader in integrated health and social care solutions, today announced a first of its kind initiative to help communities change how local health and social service systems collaborate and the impact that communities can achieve together.
Activate Care’s Screen-to-Intervene™ Initiative (https://info.activatecare.com/activate-care-101) is engaging communities in all 50 states in an effort to link these systems of care around the individual patient or client, rather than just the activities of the care coordinator or case manager. This initiative builds on the com