Amazon Inc said on Jan 21 it will open a pop-up clinic in its Seattle headquarters on Jan. 24 with an aim to vaccinate 2,000 eligible members of the public against Covid-19 on the first day.
Debbie Cockrell and Josephine Peterson: Qualified for COVID vaccine but can t find it in Pierce County or WA state? Here s why
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 1/23/2021 Debbie Cockrell and Josephine Peterson, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Jan. 22 Jo Ann Bender arranges her day around calling local health care clinics and providers.
For the past two weeks, Bender starts her day by calling hospitals, doctor s offices and clinics at 8 a.m. to make an appointment for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Bender, who declined to make public her age but said her age and a medical condition qualify her to receive a vaccine, has even dropped by hospitals to learn more about the best way to win a dose.
Dive Brief:
CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason Health System, two Washington state health systems, will now operate as one, under the name, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. CommonSpirit Health, one of the nation s largest nonprofit health systems, is the parent company of CHI Franciscan.
The combined group will operate as a nonprofit entity in Washington and is now a subsidiary of CommonSpirit, according to the agreement, effective Jan. 1.
Together the two will operate 11 hospitals and nearly 300 sites of care. The chief executive role will be split, at least initially, between the system s two leaders; Gary Kaplan, former CEO of Virginia Mason and Ketul Patel, the former leader of CHI Franciscan. Patel does have an additional title, president of the Pacific Northwest for CommonSpirit.