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BID-Plymouth hospital to start giving staff COVID-19 vaccine
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PLYMOUTH – BID-Plymouth hospital will begin receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine mid-week and plans to start vaccinating staff right away.
Dr. Richard Nesto, chief medical officer and incident commander for Beth Israel Lahey Health, said the hospital expects to start vaccinating staff Wednesday.
In a statement, Nesto said a multi-discipline BILH Vaccine Command Team has developed a highly coordinated, systematic plan and set of criteria for administering the Pfizer/BIONTech vaccine to staff and, ultimately, patients, over the next several months.
“Based on guidance we received from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, we are prioritizing administration of the vaccine to patient-facing clinicians and staff who are at the greatest risk of exposure to patients with COVID-19 based on their work location and the patients they support,” Nesto sa
Covid-19 Vaccines Arriving At Several Hospitals In Massachusetts
CBS Boston 12/15/2020 Syndicated Local – CBS Boston
BOSTON (CBS) – Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine is now in Massachusetts. By the end of the month, 300,000 doses are expected to be here.
Boston Medical Center was the first hospital in the state to get a vaccine delivery Monday morning.
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975 doses of Pfizer’s #coronavirus vaccine arrived at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital this morning.
Five frontline workers will receive the vaccine today. They will be administered to more employees starting tomorrow. @wbz@pfizer@MWHealthcare pic.twitter.com/RLaAE0Pvzr
Other hospitals in Massachusetts are expected to receive their shipments early this week as well and start vaccinating front line workers.
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The number of affiliated hospitals in the Boston area dropped by about half over a five-year span.
Conditions placed on the merger that formed the Boston area’s second-largest health system Beth Israel Lahey Health are the latest in a series of strict state oversight actions that will shape large regional health system deals for years to come.
State attorneys general have placed stringent conditions on recent transactions that significantly consolidated healthcare services to try to level the competitive playing field. Pricing, access and quality guardrails imposed by state authorities, coupled with state legislation, are expected to ratchet up regulation of these regional tie-ups.