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Pfizer/BioNTech became the first firm to announce it had developed the first effective Covid vaccine, with the jab proving to have more than 95 percent efficacy. But despite the widely available scientific facts and evidence about the vaccine, a number of people are still unsure about getting it. Research from YouGov shows two thirds of the public, or 67 percent, say they are fairly or likely to take the vaccine when it’s available to them.
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With the next wave of the COVID-19 pandemic beginning to crash down in hospitals around the country, it s more important than ever for health systems to be well attuned to their supply chain needs.
One of the biggest challenges of the first wave this past spring, of course, was the shortage of personal protective equipment, ventilators and sometimes critical medications. Supply chain vulnerabilities were acute – and that s not counting the ongoing cyberattacks targeted at health system supply lines.
Some of these challenges have been ironed out over the past eight months. But as the COVID-19 crisis surges again, CIOs and other IT professionals say robust supply chains are more important than ever.