Posted January 19th, 2021 for Spectrum Health James Moses, MD, joins Spectrum Health West Michigan from Boston Medical Center
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 19, 2021 – Spectrum Health West Michigan has hired James Moses, MD, MPH, as senior vice president of quality, safety, and patient experience. Dr. Moses will begin his new role in April. Dr. Moses comes to Spectrum Health from Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, where he has served as chief quality officer and vice president of quality and safety. At Spectrum Health, Dr. Moses will develop and execute strategy, set targets and lead efforts for continuous improvement of quality, safety and patient experience. He will be responsible for integrating quality, safety and patient experience through collaborative leadership and targeted initiatives across Spectrum Health West Michigan.
At first, it was all about making sure the COVID-19 vaccine got to the right people in the right order. But five weeks into its mass vaccination program, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is shifting its strategy, with a heightened focus on vaccinating as many people as fast as possible. “The way we’re going to get through this is not through the number of vaccine doses we .
Appointments are being opened up largely on a week-to-week basis based on vaccine shipments. Author: Emma Nicolas Updated: 10:51 PM EST January 12, 2021
Appointments are filling up instantly, vaccine hotlines have been pulled after being overwhelmed with calls and providers are working around the clock as more people become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. It s going to be a little bumpy for a while, Dr. Adam London, director of the Kent County Health Department, said last week ahead of the new phase opening up.
It s been nearly a week since Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that starting Jan. 11 the state would move into Phase 1B of vaccinations, which includes adults ages 65 and older (amended from originally 75 years and older), as well as some essential workers.
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A vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 sits on a table waiting to be administered to healthcare workers at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, on Thursday, December 17, 2020. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com
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Michigan’s older residents are among the newly eligible groups for COVID-19 vaccination, though limited vaccine supplies and varying capabilities across the state’s 45 local health departments have made scheduling appointments difficult.
Some health departments have begun scheduling appointments and hosting clinics for residents 65 years and older, while others have announced they don’t have the supplies or capacity to begin moving onto the next priority groups, as of Tuesday, Jan. 12.
“Extreme call volumes.” Crashing servers. Cancellations. And one county says it’s been completely wiped out of vaccine supply by Monday afternoon.
Fred Peoples, left, receives the COVID-19 vaccine early Monday morning at a West Michigan clinic run by Spectrum Health. By noon, the health system said it had vaccinated 575 people in the community, and planned to vaccinate as many as 10,000 by the end of the week.
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The airplane is being built as we fly it here, folks.
That’s the message from hospitals and local health officials around the state Monday, as they started (or in some cases, tried to start) vaccinating people 65 and older, as well as some essential workers.