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MIAMI, Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ ChenMed, one of the nation s leading primary care practices serving Medicare-eligible seniors, today announces it has joined the COVID-19 vaccination effort. For nearly a year, ChenMed has been protecting the nation s most vulnerable populations living in underserved communities from COVID through education and prevention. Now hard-to-access vaccines are being administered where patients know and trust – their primary care doctor s office. Having such safe and effective vaccines in under a year was a miracle, says Christopher Chen, M.D., ChenMed CEO. While getting them into arms has been a complex problem, we re now on the right track with primary care doctor offices and couldn t be prouder to see our teams save lives – completing some 7,000 vaccines for the most at-risk seniors this month.
WHO:
Some 200 at-risk New Orleans seniors ages 70 years and older, or on dialysis as prioritized by Louisiana Department of Health, are scheduled to receive COVID-19 vaccines from JenCare Senior Medical Center doctors, nurses and care team members. Many are willing to be interviewed and/or shown on camera before, during and/or after the first doses of the vaccine are safely administered.
WHAT:
Impactful images of and commentary about the COVID-19 vaccinations that are poised to give area elderly their lives back. The vaccines are providing the seniors with newfound optimism after 11 months of being lonely and socially distant, primarily staying in their homes and avoiding in-person contact, even with family members and friends.
ChenMed celebrates improving the lives of employees, patients and communities with 2020 Impact Report entitled “A Year Measured in Love”
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ChenMed logo MIAMI (PRWEB) January 28, 2021
ChenMed, a leading senior-focused primary care practice operating more than 75 medical centers in 10 states, today announced publication of “A Year Measured in Love”, its 2020 Impact Report.
“Transforming healthcare is one of society’s most pressing social issues and it is at the core of what we do,” says Christopher Chen, M.D., ChenMed CEO. “So, our Impact Report celebrates best-in-class primary care, along with the extra efforts our company and employees make to help communities better address both economic and social conditions.”
An Early Christmas or New Year’s Gift? 70% of Medicare-Eligible Seniors Want COVID-19 Vaccines Quick
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ChenMed Surveys More Than 1,500 At-Risk Elderly in Cincinnati, Columbus, Louisville, Miami, Orlando, Philadelphia, Tampa and West Palm Beach
Our doctors will continue to be champions for seniors, doing whatever we can to speed access to the coronavirus vaccines that so many clearly want and need as soon as possible. MIAMI (PRWEB) December 22, 2020 At least 70 percent of Medicare-eligible seniors say they want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 “at the earliest opportunity” or soon after seeing others “safely benefiting”, according to an eight-city survey announced today by ChenMed, one of the nation’s leading primary care providers. More than 1,500 at-risk elderly in Cincinnati, Columbus, Louisville, Miami, Orlando, Philadelphia, Tampa and West Palm Beach responded to the survey during sp