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COLUMBUS, Ohio It took 130 phone calls, 90 minutes on hold, and some convincing of her hesitant grandmother, but Megan Dembski’s persistence repeatedly dialing the health department paid off on Monday, when she drove Mary Summers, 87, to become one of the first seniors in Ohio to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
Summers, a lifelong Ohio resident, said she had not been longing for this day to come. “I knew I had to do it, but I wasn t looking forward to it,” she said. “Some people have said the vaccine is too new, they don t want to take it, and I was concerned maybe they were right. I want to be safe.”
Adena moving to electronic medical records
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Adena Health System has announced that it will be transitioning its electronic medical records (EMR) to Epic, the most widely-used health record system in the country. The move to a new EMR platform is one of the outcomes of Adena’s recent expanded affiliation with The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Through this partnership, Adena can serve as an Epic Community Connect Partner with Ohio State Wexner Medical Center. This extends Ohio State Wexner Medical Center’s electronic medical records to respective independent partners allowing Adena to leverage the expertise and resources Ohio State Wexner Medical Center invests into optimizing its own EMR platform for the sake of patient care quality. Ohio State Wexner Medical Center will assist Adena in the installation, training and utilization of its new EMR.
Courtesy Atrium Health
Atrium Health s Medical Director of Infection Prevention Dr. Katie Passaretti was the first to get the shot in North Carolina, Atrium said Monday. I just got my first COVID vaccine, Passaretti said. I feel perfectly fine.
UPDATE: Atrium Health s Medical Director of Infection Prevention Dr. Katie Passaretti just became the first person in North Carolina to be vaccinated for COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/Le2D1iqFR2 Atrium Health (@AtriumHealth) December 14, 2020
Describing how she felt Monday, Passaretty said, Just a moment of hope, a moment of potential for change of the course that we re on with the pandemic right now. I couldn t be more excited.