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Pediatricians can bypass MyTurn as they vaccinate children

Pediatricians can bypass MyTurn as they vaccinate children
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Los pediatras pueden omitir MyTurn mientras vacunan a los niños

Los pediatras pueden omitir MyTurn mientras vacunan a los niños
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Pediatricians can bypass MyTurn as they vaccinate children


Getting COVID-19 vaccine doses into the hands of pediatricians and other primary care doctors is particularly important now that kids ages 12 to 15 will join the millions of Californians eligible to be immunized, said Anthony York, spokesman for the California Medical Association. Teens ages 16-17 currently can receive only the Pfizer vaccine.
About one-third of California doctors who administer childhood vaccines are enrolled in a separate online system that registers them to obtain non-COVID-19 vaccines, Gallegos said. But many doctors are not enrolled in that system, which creates a bureaucratic delay for them because they would have to join it before they could obtain COVID-19 vaccines. ....

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California pediatricians can bypass MyTurn as they vaccinate children


California pediatricians can bypass MyTurn as they vaccinate children
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State officials will allow pediatricians to bypass their cumbersome vaccine management system in a move intended to speed COVID-19 vaccinations for children.
The decision comes as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize vaccines for children ages 12 to 15 as early as this week, which would add 2.1 million kids to the number of Californians eligible.
The move is a tacit recognition of the problems that the massive, $50 million MyTurn system poses for doctors and smaller medical groups wanting to immunize their patients.
Sami Gallegos, press secretary for California’s COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force, told CalMatters that pediatricians and other doctors who treat children will not be forced to use MyTurn to obtain their patients’ vaccines. But she added that the state health department has not yet determined how the doctors will r ....

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California Allows Pediatricians To Bypass MyTurn To Quickly Vaccinate Children


May 8, 2021
State officials will allow pediatricians to bypass their cumbersome vaccine management system in a move intended to speed COVID-19 vaccinations for children, CalMatters has learned.
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The decision comes as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize vaccines for children ages 12 to 15 as early as next week, which would add 2.1 million kids to the number of Californians eligible.
The move is a tacit recognition of the problems that the massive, $50 million MyTurn system poses for doctors and smaller medical groups wanting to immunize their patients.
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Sami Gallegos, press secretary for California s COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force, told CalMatters that pediatricians and other doctors who treat children will not be forced to use MyTurn to obtain their patients vaccines. But she added that the state health department has not yet determined how the doctors will receive the doses. ....

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