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@JournalofEthics) features an interview with Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH, professor of medicine and public health and director of the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado in Denver. Dr. Wynia outlined the tough decisions administrators and physicians face when confronted with rapidly dwindling resources.
Dr. Wynia also serves on the Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Last year, he co-wrote a National Academy of Medicine discussion paper on COVID-19 crisis standards of care.
No blame or shame
No blame or shame
State officials often don’t want to take responsibility for activating crisis standards of care because doing so “implies that their planning to avoid crisis standards of care didn t work,” Dr. Wynia said.
Harris County officials say they’ve fixed vaccine online waitlist issues, added more call takers
Harris County Public Health officials said they fixed the bug around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday and have had no issues since. Author: Adam Bennett Updated: 5:31 PM CST January 27, 2021
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas Officials at Harris County Public Health said Wednesday they added call takers and fixed issues that caused their online portal for the COVID-19 vaccine waitlist to go down shortly after launch.
Mac McClendon, Director of Harris County Public Health’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, blamed a programming glitch for taking down the portal for several hours Tuesday.
Harris County officials say they’ve fixed vaccine online waitlist issues, added more call takers Adam Bennett
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Officials at Harris County Public Health said Wednesday they added call takers and fixed issues that caused their online portal for the COVID-19 vaccine waitlist to go down shortly after launch.
Mac McClendon, Director of Harris County Public Health’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, blamed a programming glitch for taking down the portal for several hours Tuesday.
“We were using architecture from a previous tool, and it was combined into the new tool,” McClendon said. “We realized that there was a glitch in that particular architecture.”
KCMO gets 1,200-plus calls on vaccine form, plans to return messages
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A medical staff prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at a vaccination center of the 3rd district, in Paris, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â The Kansas City, Missouri, Health Department says it will return more than 1,200 calls from people who need help completing a vaccine contact form but warned it could take several weeks to reach everyone.
In just a few days, the KCMO Health Department said it received 1,200 voicemail messages from those who need help with the online form, including many who are elderly or do not have access to a computer.
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