While COVID-19 vaccine rollout has gone smoothly at many healthcare organizations, physicians and nurses at hospitals in Arizona, California, New York and elsewhere say vaccine distribution at their facilities has been chaotic and unfair, according to NPR.
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More than half a dozen physicians and nurses at New York area hospitals told The New York Times they're upset with how COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed at their hospitals.
Many employees at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., have reservations about taking the COVID-19 vaccine, and CEO Anita Jenkins is trying to get workers to follow her lead by getting vaccinated, according to CNN.
A week that began with great optimism and excitement as hospitals received their first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine ended with reports of growing tension in at least two prestigious organizations as employees with limited patient exposure received their first…
Employers can legally require staff to receive a COVID-19 vaccine before returning to their place of work, according to updated guidelines from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Renton, Wash.-based Providence is offering new benefits for workers who receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the 51-hospital health system said in a Dec. 17 statement shared with Becker's.
A TikTok video featuring Boston Medical Center workers celebrating the arrival of their first COVID-19 vaccine doses has gone viral, according to Newsweek.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, virus transmission to front-line workers has been a key issue at hospitals and health systems.
The American Hospital Association, American Medical Association and American Nurses Association sent an open letter to healthcare workers Dec. 15 urging them to take a COVID-19 vaccine and share their experience with others.
As hospitals and health systems receive the first doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, they must decide which front-line workers are inoculated first based on supply, local and state guidelines, and other factors. One Pennsylvania health system, Pittsburgh-based UPMC, is using…