B.C.'s auditor general says data gaps during COVID-19 vaccine rollout posed risks
Obstacles included staff turnover and a lack of data on privately funded facilities
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Obstacles included staff turnover and a lack of data on privately funded facilities
Michael Pickup says the ministry had processes to estimate vaccination rates but the process was cumbersome.
VICTORIA — British Columbia's auditor general says the Ministry of Health should have access to a registry of residents and staff in long-term care facilities as well as heath-care workers after concluding it sometimes "struggled" to collect reliable
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says the Ministry of Health struggled at times to collect reliable information for groups at high risk of COVID-19 infection as it shaped its vaccination campaign.
The auditor general of B.C. has found that while overall tracking of the province’s immunization rates and access to the COVID-19 vaccines was good, there were issues in reporting and record-keeping.