AdhereHealth

Getting vaccines to hard-to-reach patients — Medically Necessary

Medically Necessary is a podcast by Matt Blois about the health care supply chain — how we get drugs, devices and medical supplies to health care providers and patients.

This podcast is brought to you by Ryder, the only fully integrated logistics & transportation provider in the industry. Ryder’s solutions cover the entire supply chain including warehousing, transportation logistics, e-commerce fulfillment, & last mile. Discover how Ryder can make you ever better at ryder.com.

Many people are getting vaccines from retail pharmacies or mass vaccination sites. However, those locations might be hard for some people to get to, especially if they live far away or...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/getting-vaccines-to-hard-to-reach-patients-medically-necessary

Medically Necessary: Making the vaccine supply chain work for communities of color

A patient receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Neighborhood Health in Nashville, Tennessee. (Credit: Neighborhood Health)

This is an excerpt from the February 23, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here.

The problem: Americans of color are receiving the vaccine at far lower rates than white Americans, even though people of color are more likely to get COVID-19. The supply chain is part of the problem.

  • “Our system of allocation assumes there’s a level playing field, but there’s not,” Monica Peek, University of Chicago Medicine physician and health care disparities...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/making-the-vaccine-supply-chain-work-for-communities-of-color

Join Our Newsletter
Enter your email to receive a weekly round-up of shipping news.
icon
By subscribing, you agree with our privacy policy and our terms of service.