COVID-19

Advisory Panel Outlines Four-Phase Plan for Distributing COVID-19 Vaccines: (from nap.edu) Front-line health care workers, first responders, people with underlying medical conditions and older adults in overcrowded living conditions would be among the first to receive prospective coronavirus vaccinations under a four-phase plan released by a U.S. advisory panel Tuesday.

The 115-page discussion draft from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine envisions initial vaccine supplies only reaching 3 to 5 percent of the U.S. population, or between 10 million to 15 million courses. Public comments are being accepted on this discussion draft until Friday, September 4, at 11:59 pm ET. SUBMIT YOUR COMMENT HERE.

Multiple U.S. Decision-Making Entities Complicate Task Of Allocating Coronavirus Vaccines: (article from forbes.com) In the case of Covid-19, multiple, sometimes competing, decision-making entities at the federal, state, and local levels may complicate the task of allocating coronavirus vaccines once they become available. Read More

COVID-19 Listserv: Discussions have been very active and include topics such as a potential COVID surge, testing for back to work employees, occ med partnerships, and telemedicine. Listserv members also receive the COVID survey links and survey results. Not receiving Listserv messages? Request to join the other 3,500 members via a form on this page.

Experity Releases "The Pandemic Issue" of Urgent Care Quarterly: The COVID-19 pandemic made 2020 a year that will go down in the history of global health. The urgent care industry has been affected in ways we could have never anticipated—from a lack of PPE and testing to the drop in urgent care visit volumes followed by unprecedented increases in visits per day. Included in this issue are relevant articles published by the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg that shine a spotlight on urgent care, and its quick and appropriate response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Read the entire newsletter here and view recorded webinar "Urgent Care Data: How COVID-19 Changed the Industry", featuring UCA Chief Executive Officer Lou Ellen Horwitz.