As medical facilities across the country ramp up COVID-19 vaccination programs for staff and patients, the need for better recordkeeping on who receives the vaccine is becoming apparent. The problem was driven home in a recent article in University Business (UB), “Vaccine on campus: Now what?” As the authors state, tracking vaccinations can be a…
Hospitals, healthcare systems and skilled nursing facilities are now receiving valuable doses of COVID-19 vaccine and must find solutions to efficiently deploy immunizations to staff and patients. Employee Health (EH) managers know that the key to the task is a flexible, comprehensive plan to track compliance and communicate with subjects. What’s making vaccine tracking more…
We all love a good two-for-one deal, especially around the holidays. With the vaccine becoming available, now is not the time to back down from precautions against COVID-19. Cases are at all-time highs, and cold weather means more time spent indoors. Complicating the pandemic, flu season is nearing its peak,1 which adds to the danger…
The development, testing, and rollout of vaccines for COVID-19 have progressed at such a dizzying pace that frontline workers can be forgiven for losing track. Hospital employee health departments, however, don’t have that luxury. Hospital workers are among the highest-priority groups in line for immunization and it’s crucial that vaccine delivery is executed quickly, fairly,…
In an employee health environment, clinicians and nurses are required to keep track of immunizations and maintain recordkeeping on a consistent basis. Aside from making sure the employee health population is vaccinated, they must stay compliant with the rules and regulations of the CDC. With so much documentation to sift through and consent forms to…
In these unpredictable and changing COVID times, overwhelming feelings of stress and burnout may have crept into the lives of medical staff that are trying to take care of numerous patients on an everyday basis, even as they juggle endless long hours and little to no rest. But just as it is in other workplace…
Big changes come with real concerns. But as the old gambler’s adage says, “You can’t win what you don’t put in the middle.” And while the sentiment that big changes often lead to substantial benefits is true, our employee health records and compliance are certainly things we don’t want to be gambling with, especially with…
It’s no secret that physical inactivity can be detrimental to overall wellness. But, just how significant is a lack of physical activity for medical staff on their feet all day and for employees who sit at desks hunched over their computers, operate heavy machinery or drive vehicles for hours at a time? For a bit of perspective,…
In early 2020, the COVID-19 global pandemic overwhelmed our healthcare system with an unprecedented influx of seriously ill patients. Healthcare providers placed themselves at personal risk to treat patients who were infected with this new and unfamiliar virus. Since those early days, healthcare providers made great strides in adapting to this “new normal” that is…
The COVID pandemic has been a wake-up call for healthcare facilities. There’s no way we could have prepared or predicted the sheer devastation this virus would cause, nor can we predict its ultimate impact. But if there’s a lesson to learn from this pandemic, it’s that we must learn from our mistakes and do better…